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Getting Started With Food Gardening in Philadelphia
5. In the Thick of It!
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Getting Started With Food Gardening in Philadelphia: 5. In the Thick of It!
A step by step guide to food gardening in the Philadelphia Area
1. Assets & Resources
2. Method
3. Garden Prep/Planning
4. Growing Food
5. In the Thick of It!
6. Harvest
7. More Information
Watering & Irrigation
When is it Most Important to Water?
Water Conservation
Safe Clean Water
Drum Irrigation
Tippy Tap Handwash Station
Build Your Own Rain Barrel
How to Wind a Hose
Drip Irrigation
Source of Drip info & supplies
Hydrant Permit
How to obtain a hydrant permit from the City Licensing & Inspections. Pages 3,4, 8 & 9 are relevant to community gardens.
Hydrant permit application
Relevant pages of the application. Download, fill out, save and email to the water department.
Garden Cleanup Post Flood
Maintenance
Garden Maintenance
Garden Mulches
Season Extenders
Garden Tools
10 Essential Tools
Weeds
Composting
Schoolwide Compost Manual
Making a Worm Bin with BK Rot
Compost Essentials
Home Composting
Kids & Worm Composting
Worm Bins
A Worm Poem
Vermaculture Lesson Plans
Pest Control (IPM)
Organic Pest Management
Black Urban Gardening Society's How to Make Insecticidal Soap
Grow Family Network's Pest Control 101
Organic Pest Control Basics
IPM Principles
Garden Pest ID With Color Photos
Mosquito Control
Rats
What’s Buggin You?
Pesticide Safety
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