Natural Made Dyes

How to make natural dye from veggies, fruits and plants. First you must choose your source or dye, I chose strawberries!

plant motion

Nutrition: Basil has lots of nutritional value. It is a great source of Protein, Vitamin E , Riboflavin and Niacin, a Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Folate, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Copper and Manganese. Many of these nutrients are very healthy for the body, This is why Basil is a many used ingredient in many foods. Not only does it taste great but it is very nutritious.

Basil originated from Italy and traveled and then traveled to England from the crusaders and from then on began to travel the world to everywhere.

Fun Fact:Thai Basil's name means "Won't be exchanged even with gold" in Chinese.

Best Practices (Bed Prep)

The main objective of prepping a garden bed is to create a quality rich soil. A quality rich soil includes the nutrients and its structure. My partners and I have all came to the decision that the practice of Double Digging is the best way in reaching that goal.

Double Digging is a method used to get down deep and break up the soil at rest underneath the surfa

ce. The first step in double digging is having strategic method or routine that you st

ick by. This critical to have and understand before you begin digging, if not you'll definitely be overwhelmed by the piles of dirt you have laying around.

Pre-step

Irrigate your garden bed a day in advance before prepping, so that the water as had time to soak through the layer to loosen up the soil.

1st step

Structure yo

u first garden row in a line. Once you have determined the row where you will begin to dig you can then start. When you begin digging you will want todig about a foot deep with your shovel

and throw the excess dirt aside (on the ground or wheel barre

l) to create a trent in the garden row you have chos

en.

2nd step

Once you have successfully dug up your trent row, you cant then grab your pitch fork and stick it in the ground about another foot and then push the handle towards you so that it can loosen and break up the soil. Make sure that the soil is loosen before moving on and repeating the process.

3rd step

Once the trent have have just dug is complete and is well broken up you can move on and create the next row. Beginning the next row is exactly the same as beginning the first one but the only difference is the instead of throwing the excess dirt aside you are throwing the surface dirt

you are digging out into the trent you just finished to fill it up. And the process will them repeat.

4th step

Here comes the compost! Once you have the bed completely prepped you want to cover it will about 4 inches of compost material and spread it evenly on the prepped soil.

You now have a successfully prepped Garden Bed Hurray!!!!!

Stop motion project.

The plant I am thinking of growing for this project is a flower. I am not sure on the type though I would I have lots of seeds to pick through. I would like to do a flower because I feel that it would look great on camera when it chooses to bloom.

I am going to grow my flower in my front yard because we just got new soil, so it is great for growing. My front yard also gets full sunlight so that will help to.

Let's Begin!!!

3 plants wish to grow!

Pumpkins

Most common pumpkin and usually the best growing, is the classic Jack O Lantern. Average wieght is about 10-20 pounds, can grow up to 50 pounds. They need lots of sunlight, up to six hours of sun a day is best. Best to grow during the cooler late summer when tempatures are around 80's and 70's. They need about 110 to 140 sunny days to grow. Plant pumpkins with seeds in hill or mounds of 3 diameters in size.Plant seeds about 6 to 8 inches apart. You want to moist the ground well before planting of when the seed is set it will soak and soften giving a bit head start on sprouting. Want to cover seed with inch of soil.Gently water so you dont take away any covering soil. Don't peek under soil will distrube plant. In about 7 to 14 days it will sprout. They get along with other plants even though their vines spread. They need much water, they are about 80 to 90 % of water.

Onions:

They belong to the allium family and are considered a vegetible. They are easy to grow and grow in a short time period. Depending on the species of onion can take up to 100 to 125 days to grow from seed. Ways in which you can grow are through seeds, seedlings, and bulbs. You want to plant seeds about 3 to 4 inches apart, if double rows then 6 - 10 apart. Also you should leave room to weed. To grow healthty onions need rich and moist soil. Water daily and they need full sunlight. When harvest season comes round you want to pull onions when tops fall off. Then you want to dry onions a few days in opens air.

Onions can be used in many different ways, they can be used as seasoning form in a powder, sautaed with other veggies, grilled to perfections and just plain raw.:)

Watermelon

They belong to the fruit family of course. Watermelon is a long growing season take up to 90 to 100 days to grow. They also need lots of space. You want to sow seeds in hills or rows, you want 3 to 4 seeds per hill. Rows should be up to 10 ft apart. They are in need of full sunlight. Add lots of manure, compost and leaves. Worl well with soil and fertilize regularly you want to use nitrogen fertilizer. When watering make sure the the drains well. Last but no least weed regulary.