{"id":280,"date":"2010-08-26T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.org\/?p=280"},"modified":"2016-07-24T21:24:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T21:24:15","slug":"cabbage-patch-kids-or-how-to-build-a-kitchen-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jplarroque.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/26\/cabbage-patch-kids-or-how-to-build-a-kitchen-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabbage Patch Kids or How to Build a Kitchen Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/14452369\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Cabbage Patch Kids or How to Build a Kitchen Garden\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/kitchen-garden-stand-alone.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Kitchen Garden is an efficient way to grow vegetables on land where there is a limited amount of space.\u00a0 They are also called keyhole gardens because of their unique shape.\u00a0 The one pictured above comes from Lukindu village in Uganda and is an excellent example of <a href=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.org\/2010\/07\/22\/permaculture\/\">permaculture<\/a> at work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/kitchen-garden-manure-hole.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kitchen Garden has many advantages. Vegetables are grown above ground on a layer of manure so the gardens can be built on rocky and otherwise infertile land. The gardens can be built close to the house where they can be accessed by the sick and elderly. The structure is designed in a way that frail gardeners do not need to bend down to cultivate and harvest. The manure core provides a place for compost. The soil around the core becomes fertile immediately. The height of the garden and un-compacted soil promotes roots growth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 230px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbage-waterer.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nSteps to making a Kitchen Garden:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 156px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbagemoundb26w.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n1. 1.5 meters of manure is piled into a tower controlled by a ring of cassava poles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 156px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbagemoundstep1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n2. Soil is collected in a mound 2 meters in diameter around the manure. This gives the garden a pyramid shape.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 156px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbagemoundstep2.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n3. An indentation is created and reinforced with cassava poles to allow farmer to irrigate manure center.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 156px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbagemoundstep3.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. A border of banana tree trunks is placed around the base to discourage erosion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 156px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbagemoundstep4.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Cabbages and other vegetables are planted around the mound. A layer of straw covers the mound to prevent erosion, insulate, and protect young plants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 156px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbagemoundstep5.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. The garden is irrigated and composted by pouring water and organic waste down its core where moisture and nutrients will seep down into the surrounding soil.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 198px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/cabbage-mound-step-6.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; width: 320px; height: 240px; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/mediaforsocialchange.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/watering-kitchen-garden.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kitchen Garden is an efficient way to grow vegetables on land where there is a limited amount of space.\u00a0 They are also called keyhole gardens because of their unique shape.\u00a0 The one pictured above comes from Lukindu village in Uganda and is an excellent example of permaculture at work. 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