Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening

Irrigation Unit 1.5 | 21 Hands-on Exercise 5 and 6 Hands-On Exercises 5 and 6 (Sample calculations): How Much Water Do I Need? H ...

Irrigation 22 | Unit 1.5 exercise 6: HOw Many acres can i irrigate? Someone has just offered you 10 acres of farmland in the Paj ...

Irrigation Unit 1.5 | 23 Assessment Questions Assessment Questions Describe four functions of water in an agricultural system. ...

Irrigation 24 | Unit 1.5 Assessment Questions Key Assessment Questions Key Describe four functions of water in an agroecosystem ...

Irrigation Unit 1.5 | 25 Resources Resources Print resOUrces Cleveland, David A. and Daniela Soleri. 1991. Food from Dryland ...

Irrigation 26 | Unit 1.5 Appendix 1 Appendix 1: Estimating Soil Moisture By Feel 0 –25% No available soil moisture. Plants wil ...

Irrigation Unit 1.5 | 27 Appendix 2 Appendix 2: General Irrigation Rules • During the flowering and fruit set stages of ...

Irrigation 28 | Unit 1.5 Appendix 3 Appendix 3: Field Irrigation Schedule FIELD cROPS/FIELD DAtE tIME AMOUNt (INcHES) IRRIGAtION ...

Irrigation Unit 1.5 | 29 Appendix 4: Garden Irrigation Schedule cROP/BED DAtE tIME AMOUNt IRRIGAtION MEtHOD cOMMENtS (INcHES OR ...

Irrigation 30 | Unit 1.5 Appendix 5: Amount of Water Needed to Pre-Irrigate a Dry Soil to Different Depths (Approximate) 1 SOIL ...

1.6 Selecting and Using Cover Crops Introduction 3 Instructor’s Lecture Outline 5 Detailed Lecture Outline for Students 7 Demons ...

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Cover Crops Unit 1.6 | 3 Introduction Introduction: Selecting and Using Cover Crops Overview Cover crops can be a key soil ferti ...

Cover Crops 4 | Unit 1.6 ...

Cover Crops Unit 1.6 | 5 Instructor’s Lecture Outline Lecture Outline: Selecting and Using Cover Crops for the instructor A. Pre ...

Cover Crops 6 | Unit 1.6 Instructor’s Lecture Outline i. Additional considerations • Consider the characteristics you don’t ...

Cover Crops Unit 1.6 | 7 Students’ Lecture Outline Detailed Lecture Outline: Selecting and Using Cover Crops for students a. Pre ...

Cover Crops 8 | Unit 1.6 Students’ Lecture Outline • Provide nitrogen. Here the best choice would be a legume that is well ada ...

Cover Crops Unit 1.6 | 9 Students’ Lecture Outline • Suppress weeds. Cover crops can reduce weed populations either by outcomp ...

Cover Crops 10 | Unit 1.6 Students’ Lecture Outline c) Step 3: Select cover crop species or mix to meet the goals and requiremen ...