Classification
There are multiple ways to classify plants, botanical classification, edible part of the plant and what?
What is Hardiness
This manual tool is used to dig down and aerate the garden beds, without disturbing soil structure.
What is a broad fork
This basic strategy helps to reduce competition for nutrients, water and light between desired crops and unwanted plants
what is weeding
This cold hardy crop, can become bitter in the heat, grows well direct seeded or transplanted, can be sewn tightly packed or spaced out for different harvesting purposes.
What is Lettuce
According to Dan Brisbois, if possible when farm planning, you should begin with what
Your Profit Goal
Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kale are connected by what plant family?
Brassica Family
This hand held tool can be used to reduce weed pressure, has a sharp metal end that forms a flat loop attachment on a long handle and was used in class to prep the garden bed.
What is a stirrup hoe
This strategy uses live plants, to improve soil health, reduce erosion, increase water filtration, reduce pest and weed pressure, and contribute to regenerative farm management.
What is cover cropping
Beans are a common annual vegetable grown on Ontario Farms, are they most commonly direct seeded or transplanted?
Direct Seeded
This element of crop planning is used when looking at how much of a given crop you want to grow, to account for potential lost crops
safety factor
This tender Crop is in the Solanaceae family, has yellow, red, orange or green fruit, that come in a range of flavours
What is a pepper
This is an technique completed on the farm when the crops are direct seeded too closely to one another
What is "thinning"
What is point in the spring that farmers wait for, to plant their tender crops?
What is Last Frost Date
This crop, undergoes vegetative propagation, a management practice called Hilling and can be stored for most of the year.
What is potato
If you have a crop that can be planted with a 10 CM spacing, and you have a 10 metre (1000 cm) bed that can fit 2 rows of that crop, how many seeds do you need to buy?
What is 200 seeds
1000 cm in the row / 10 cm per seed = 100 seeds
100 seeds x 2 rows per bed = 200 seeds total
* no safety factor calculation is needed because your max available space is already set.
This type of map is used to aid farmers in understanding what plants will be hardy in their area
Climate Zone Map
This type of material is used on Hoop houses to increase the temperature within the growing area
what is a raised bed.
This Crop, is biennial, has yellow flowers that are edible, can have purple, red or green leaves, is in the same plant family as cabbage and is currently growing in the Notre Dame Garden beds.
What is Kale
I want to sell 200 carrots at market, how many seeds do I need to buy?
what is 260 seeds.
200 carrots x 1.13 safety factor = 260 seeds to buy
What plant family is commonly used as a cover crop for their nitrogen fixing qualities?
What is Legumes
This planting technique is done to ensure that crops are continually available all season long, through multiple plantings
Succession Plantings
This strategy reduces unnecessary water evaporation and waters plants directly at their roots
What is drip line irrigation
A perennial spring crop that grows in Ontario, is often cooked in stir-frys, is harvested by snapping the stem at ground level, and is often treated with pre-emergence pesticides in conventional production.
What is Asparagus
What is a critical, yet often overlooked component of farm planning?
What is worker health and safety