Vegetables are important for human health and nutrition. Vegetable gardening can provide a source of food for families, income, nutrients, exercise, and learning opportunities. There are different types of vegetable gardening classified by purpose and production methods, including home/backyard gardening, market gardening, vegetable growing for processing, forcing vegetables, and vegetable seed production. Key factors to consider when selecting a site for vegetable crops include sunlight, water drainage, land topography, soil type, access to transportation, and climate requirements.
Vegetables are important for human health and nutrition. Vegetable gardening can provide a source of food for families, income, nutrients, exercise, and learning opportunities. There are different types of vegetable gardening classified by purpose and production methods, including home/backyard gardening, market gardening, vegetable growing for processing, forcing vegetables, and vegetable seed production. Key factors to consider when selecting a site for vegetable crops include sunlight, water drainage, land topography, soil type, access to transportation, and climate requirements.
Vegetables are important for human health and nutrition. Vegetable gardening can provide a source of food for families, income, nutrients, exercise, and learning opportunities. There are different types of vegetable gardening classified by purpose and production methods, including home/backyard gardening, market gardening, vegetable growing for processing, forcing vegetables, and vegetable seed production. Key factors to consider when selecting a site for vegetable crops include sunlight, water drainage, land topography, soil type, access to transportation, and climate requirements.
What is Vegetable gardening? Why Grow Vegetables? 1. Source of food 2. Family’s food needs 3. Source of income for the family 4. Source of food nutrients 5. Outdoor exercise for the gardener 6. Learn profitable, farming, food processing, farm management and other 7. Prevention of air pollution 8. Beautifies school and home Different Types of Vegetable Gardening Vegetable gardening in the Philippines is classified to the purpose for which the vegetables are grown and the methods used in producing, marketing and utilizing the crops. 1. Home/Backyard Gardening 2. Market Gardening 3. Vegetable Growing for Processing 4. Vegetable Forcing 5. Vegetable seed production Factors to Consider in Selecting the site for planting Vegetable crops 1. Sunlight 2. Water & drainage 3. Topography of Land 4. Types of soil 5. Accessibility to road transportation 6. Climatic requirements