Backyard Gardening

Get your hands dirty!

A “Backyard Garden”
simply refers to a
home garden that can
supply your family
with fresh greens and
vegetables daily.
Making a garden near
your home can help
you to: Have access
to supply of fresh
vegetables and fruits.
Light
Plants usually get the light they need from the Sun.
But they can also grow in artificial light. Plants use
light energy to make a type of sugar called glucose.
They use glucose as their energy source.

Plants make glucose in a part of their leaf cells

called the chloroplast. Each chloroplast contains a
green pigment called chlorophyll. It’s what allows
the plant to absorb light energy.
If a plant doesn’t receive enough light, it will grow very slowly.
But too much light can cause the plant and the soil it lives in to dry
out.

Different plants have different light requirements. Some need

bright or direct light. Others can thrive in dimmer or indirect light.
Water
Plants need water for photosynthesis.
Absorbed by the roots, water travels through
a plant’s stems to the chloroplasts in the
leaves. Water also helps move nutrients from
the soil into the plant. Too little water can
cause a plant to wilt or droop. Too much
water can cause a plant’s roots to rot.
Nutrients
are substances that nourish a plant. In particular,
plants need nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
When dissolved in water, these nutrients get
absorbed by a plant’s roots.
If a plant can’t get the nutrients it needs from the
soil, fertilizer can help. Fertilizer provides plants
with essential nutrients and helps them grow faster.
All living things need space. A plant’s
roots need space so that they can spread
out and absorb water and nutrients. Its
leaves need space so that they access
light. When plants grow too close
together, they have to compete for these
resources.
GARDENING
TOOLS
 EASY – TO –
PLANTS
VEGETABLES
IN YOUR
BACKYARD
When planting eggplant, it is almost the same as
tomato. You first need to grow it in a seed box and
then move it when it grows a little.

Plant eggplant seedlings more than two to three

inches deep. Then cover it with soil and water it.
Pechay is a vegetable that is
very easy to grow. This plant
only needs more than 30
days and can be harvested.
Tomato is also one of the vegetables that is
good to plant. Tomatoes are what we
consider to be vegetables but in reality,
they are a fruit.
When planting tomatoes it is
easy to do. You need tomato
seeds, then germinate them
in the seed box first. When
the tomato grows a little, you
can transfer it to the garden.
After three to four months
you can harvest tomatoes.
When planting ampalaya, the process is
easy. You need to get a good kind of
seed. You can buy it at the nearest bone
store or at the agriculture store. They
sell a variety of seeds that you can plant.
When planting okra you also need to
get good varieties of seeds that grow
easily.

Plant a seed in the ground at a depth

of one inch. Take half a meter away
each bone. Water it and apply
fertilizer to make it grow even more.
When planting it you
need to take its seeds.
Then plant it in the
ground about an inch
deep.

Then water it. Provide

fertilizer and water it
frequently. After three
to four months you can
harvest the bottle
gourd.
When planting chili, it is easy to do. Like
eggplant and tomato, you also need to plant
them in the seed box first. When it is quite
large, you can move it to the garden.

Plant the chili seedling to a depth of two

inches. Cover with soil and then water. Provide
fertilizer that further enhances it. Then water it
frequently. After four months you can harvest
peppers.