Gardening+Tips

Lots of great tips and tricks are available in our SLUG Handbook. Information on how to implement all four components of the SLUG program are included, as well as helpful calendars and plant-specific tips and tricks. You can download the whole file as a pdf here: [|SLUG Handbook.pdf].

SLUG sends out bi-monthly emails with gardening tips and curriculum ideas to Site Coordinators. These emails coincide with the growing season, and highlight activities that use the garden at various stages of development. Click below to one of the different sections to find expanded information from each of our emails. Indoor Seed Starting Container Sizes Setting up a wicking system ||< When to Plant ||< Starting a Worm Bin ||< Setting up an Outdoor Bin [|Intro to Soil and Decomposition] ||
 * Spring Gardening**
 * ~  ||~ Indoor Gardening ||~ Outdoor Gardening ||~ Vermicomposting ||~ Outdoor Composting ||
 * < Week 1 & 2 ||< [|set up indoor lights]
 * < Week 3 & 4 ||< Thinning Seedlings ||< Germination in the cold ||<  ||<   ||
 * < Week 5 & 6 ||< Transplanting Seedlings ||< Thinning Seedlings ||<  ||<   ||
 * Week 9 & 10 ||  || Hardening Off ||   ||   ||
 * Week 11 & 12 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 13 & 14 ||  || Common Pests ||   ||   ||
 * Week 15 & 16 || C[|lean up & recycle soil.pdf] || Getting Ready for Summer ||  ||   ||

Container Sizes || Outdoor Seed Starting || Starting a Worm Bin || Setting up an Outdoor Bin || [|Set up dormant bed.pdf] ||  ||   ||
 * Fall Gardening**
 * ~  ||~ Indoor Gardening ||~ Outdoor Gardening ||~ Vermicomposting ||~ Outdoor Composting ||
 * Week 1 & 2 ||< Indoor Seed Starting
 * Week 3 & 4 ||< Thinning Seedlings || Thinning Seedlings ||  ||   ||
 * Week 5 & 6 ||< Transplanting Seedlings || Harvest ||   ||   ||
 * Week 7 & 8 ||<  || [|Set up pop up greenhouse.pdf]
 * Week 9 & 10 ||<  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 11 & 12 ||<  || Overwintering ||   ||   ||
 * Week 13 & 14 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Pests [|Insect Introduction.doc] [|Pollinator Extension.doc] [|Planting An Insectary Garden.doc] [|Potential Insectary Plants.doc] [|Compost Critters Identification Sheet.doc] [|House Mouse.doc] [|Fungus Gnats] [|Pot Worms] [|Mites] [|Silver Fish]

Leaves, Buds and Fruit [|Fruit Tree Buds.doc] [|Fruit Development Images.doc] [|Flowers and Fruit.doc] [|Leaves and Photosynthesis.doc]

Soil [|Intro to Soil and Decomposition]