Question

Raise a kitchen garden at your home. You are provided with a khurpi,
water can, spade and shovel. List the other materials you would require to
raise the garden. How will you plan the garden? Write the steps.

Answer 1

Besides the given tools, the other items required for raising a garden are seeds and seedling of vegetables, plants from nursery, kitchen waste, manure, water, soil.

Steps for raising the garden:

1.Kitchen waste will be collected and composted in a pit.
2.A patch of land will be identified for the garden, with adequate sunlight available.
3. Soil will be dug up and levelled with the help of a spade.
4. Sowing of seeds/transplanting of seedlings will be done. Seeds should be uniformly placed with adequate spacing.
5. Select seeds/seedlings as per the season. Water the plants regularly with a water-can.
6. Compost will be applied.
7. Weeds will be removed periodically with the help of khurpi.