{"id":263,"date":"2015-07-14T02:23:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T02:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/?p=263"},"modified":"2015-08-06T21:20:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T21:20:21","slug":"planning-designing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"Planning &#038; Designing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Planning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One fun way to decide what to plant is draw a garden mural.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/garden-mural.jpg\" class=\"grouped_elements\" rel=\"tc-fancybox-group263\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"372\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/?attachment_id=372\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/garden-mural.jpg?fit=640%2C437\" data-orig-size=\"640,437\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"garden mural\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/garden-mural.jpg?fit=640%2C437\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-372 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/garden-mural.jpg?resize=300%2C205\" alt=\"garden mural\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/garden-mural.jpg?resize=300%2C205 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/garden-mural.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0Hang a big piece of craft paper on a wall labeled \u201cWhat I want in the garden.\u201d\u00a0 Children then draw and write their ideas for the garden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once you have a list of what you want to plant, now you can design your garden plot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In large gardens, many people plant in rows with similar veggies together.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>However, when working with youth in small plots, why not add an art element to your gardening project by creating patterns out of the vegetables you\u2019re growing. It is easy to create a simple geometric pattern like those used in quilts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg\" class=\"grouped_elements\" rel=\"tc-fancybox-group263\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"374\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/?attachment_id=374\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX Optio V15&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1243533462&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kidsgarden\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-374 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"kidsgarden\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/kidsgarden.jpg?w=2340 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Materials needed to plan:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pencils, colored pencils, and large erasers<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Photographs or clip art of quilt squares (I\u2019ve included a few examples you could print or trace bigger)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Photos of garden plants available for your gardens, color printed<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Masking tape<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Time to Design!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Each Growing Gardener will choose a quilt square design.\u00a0 They will then tape the photos of plants in a cool, unique design.\u00a0 Children may also draw their veggies if preferred.\u00a0 Photographs of plants can be sorted into three categories: use me for big spaces, use me for small spaces, and use me for borders.\u00a0 Here are some suggestions, but you are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Use me for big spaces: lettuces, spinach, beets, broccoli, tomatoes<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Use me for small spaces: radishes, edible flowers, beans<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Use me for borders: onions and carrots (their tall, slender habit makes them great for outlining)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/?p=267\">Next &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning One fun way to decide what to plant is draw a garden mural.\u00a0 \u00a0Hang a big piece of craft paper on a wall labeled \u201cWhat I want in the garden.\u201d\u00a0 Children then draw and write their ideas for the garden. Once you have a list of what you want to plant, now you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/element-e1438896004629.jpeg?fit=576%2C270","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p60iPd-4f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":267,"url":"http:\/\/firstfruitsgarden.org\/?p=267","url_meta":{"origin":263,"position":0},"title":"Planting &#038; Watering","author":"Beth Harlin","date":"July 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting the Garden Now that the garden plot in designed, it is time to plant! 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