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agriculture,forestry & fisheriesDepartment: Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Vegetable production

– Making a door garden –

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Dig a hole the size of a door.

You only need a small area to plant your own vegetables.

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Work the subsoil to the other side.

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Work the topsoil to one side.

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Flatten the tins by trampling them. Tear the paper in small pieces.

Gather pieces of paper, cardboard, kitchen waste, tins, bones, manure and any other garbage. 3 7

Do not put glass or plastic in the hole.

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The hole must be knee deep.

Keep the topsoil and subsoil apart.

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Then spread over the garbage.

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Mix the subsoil with grass, leaves and straw.

Fill the hole up to half with paper, cardboard, kitchen waste, tins, bones, manure and any other garbage except glass and plastic.

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Trample everything down.

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Fill the hole with topsoil.

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Cover the topsoil with a layer of straw and fine leaves.

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Spread grass and leaves among the seedlings.

Plant the seedlings. Allow enough space for each plant to grow well.

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Water the vegetables regularly, preferably in the morning.

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Later you will have your own fresh vegetables.

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When you have pulled up one kind of vegetable, cover the soil with kraal manure, leaves, straw and groundnut husks.

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Cover with a layer of soil.

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May your vegetable garden be a great success!

For more information, contact your nearest extension office.

If you have space, make more than one door garden to have vegetables throughout the year.

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