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The plastic garden handbook is written in simple language and introduces fascinating new concepts in gardening that are aimed at enticing everyone to start his/her garden. It guides you step by step into how you can grow your own vegetables, herbs or flowers in your own backyard using ordinary plastic sheets or plastic shopping bags. You shall also be exposed to simple organic farming practices and will eventually start appreciating the use of Manure tea to feed your plants.
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Stephen M. Dlamini
Stephen Mathentefane Dlamini is a small scale part time farmer who has a strong passion to grow things in life which lead to his discovery of a simple, cheap and environmentally friendly way of growing vegetables in plastic bags.
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The Plastic Garden - Stephen M. Dlamini
Copyright © 2014 by Stephen M. Dlamini. PID-521463
ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4931-4147-0
ISBN: EBook 978-1-4931-4148-7
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
Rev. date: 03/19/2014
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DEDICATION
Each time I presented my script to colleagues and friends like Antoinette Du-Pont, Marcia Du-Pont, Jan Dlamini, Hlobi Loraine Dlamini, and Colelwa Kwambe I would see different types of reactions and would get different types of questions and criticism which greatly shaped this book.
People like Mr. Sibanyoni (Government Extension officer) might never know how much of assistance they ever are to many of us lay people.
Special thanks also go to Mr. Bheki Sabelo Tsabedze whose genuine interest in my work inspired me to keep writing each day.
Lastly, I would like to thank the entire xlibris team that made it possible for this book to be published.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
How it all started
The trial and error
The post mortem
The advantages of plastic garden
How to do it yourself
Manure tea-the all round plant feed
How to use manure tea?
Environmental aspects
Friends and /or enemies (are you a friend or enemy?)
How to prepare the sprays
Harvesting
Which plants can be planted in plastic bags?
THE PLASTIC GARDEN
This hand book shall outline trial and error experiences that I have gained in pursuing my hobby of growing vegetables.
To release anxiety from all readers, I would like to start off by mentioning that I am a layman as far as farming is concerned. This means anyone can do what we shall be discussing in this book.
HOW IT ALL STARTED
I remember establishing a home in the Highveld of Swaziland (a small landlocked country in southern Africa between South Africa and Mozambique) having spent early days of my life in the relatively dry middle veld of Swaziland, and was amazed to see water gushing from pipes in every homestead through gravitational force. The first thing that came into my mind was
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