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Overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Overview of Content in the 4-H Garden Curriculum ..............................................................................................................7 Overview of Activities in the 4-H Garden Curriculum .......................................................................................................... 8 Plant Science Summary of Plant Science (Seeds, Plant Parts, Plant Life Cycle) ......................................................................................9 Genetic Diversity, Interdependence, Human Impact ...........................................................................................................14 Hydroponics ....................................................................................................................................................................................17 Activity: Garden Talk Games .......................................................................................................................................................19 Activity: More Garden Talk Games ............................................................................................................................................23 Garden Planning Preparing for a Vegetable Garden ............................................................................................................................................26 Making the Most of Garden Space ...........................................................................................................................................27 Activity: It’s Your Garden ..............................................................................................................................................................30 Activity: Not Just in Summer ......................................................................................................................................................31 Planting a Garden Soil Basics ........................................................................................................................................................................................34 Buying Seeds, Buying Transplants ............................................................................................................................................35 Soil Preparation..............................................................................................................................................................................35 Planting and Thinning .................................................................................................................................................................35 Transplanting ..................................................................................................................................................................................36 Watering ...........................................................................................................................................................................................36 Activity: Soil Stuff ..........................................................................................................................................................................38 Activity: Anyone Can Garden! .....................................................................................................................................................39 Garden Care Soil Fertility .....................................................................................................................................................................................42 Garden Equipment and Safety ...................................................................................................................................................42 Preparing for Frost/Freeze Warnings .......................................................................................................................................43 Integrated Pest Management in the Vegetable Garden .....................................................................................................44 Managing Weeds ............................................................................................................................................................................44 Managing Plant Diseases ............................................................................................................................................................45 Managing Insect Pests .................................................................................................................................................................51 Activity: It’s Tool Time ..................................................................................................................................................................55 Activity: Planting Ideas ................................................................................................................................................................57 2 Harvest and Storage Hints for Harvesting, Storing, and Cooking Vegetables and Herbs.................................................................................58 Using and Preserving Gardening Vegetables ........................................................................................................................60 Activity: Sowing Knowledge .......................................................................................................................................................62 Activity: A Garden Journal ...........................................................................................................................................................63 Careers Undergraduate Programs ............................................................................................................................................................66 Exploring What Careers are Really Like..................................................................................................................................68 Activity: Hear the Speaker ..........................................................................................................................................................69 Activity: On the Go! .......................................................................................................................................................................70 Solutions ...................................................................................................................................................................................................71