Instructions / Assembly

ManualsBrandsNew England Arbors ManualsOutdoorsAfrican 72 in. x 72 in. White Vinyl Keyhole Garden Bed

SETTING UP

Keyhole

Your

Garden

Thank you!

Thanks for purchasing your new Keyhole Garden! The Keyhole Garden is a gardening

technique native to many communities in Africa.

Follow the instructions in these pages to get the most out of your Keyhole Garden so

you can grow, enjoy and share healthy foods.

How much Household Waste can you use in your Keyhole Garden?

Your new Keyhole Garden is a compost and kitchen waste gobbling machine! You will be surprised

how easy it is to organically turn common waste into a rich growing environment for your fruits and

vegetables.

Here’s what you can use:

• Waste cardboard (about 30+ large boxes broken down)

• Green compostable material (3 large garden-bags of grass clippings or green leaves / twigs)

• Brown compostable material (sticks, twigs, brown leaves, more cardboard or sawdust)

• 20 - 30 cu ft of compost or topsoil (to put on the top of the bed)

• 2 cu ft of rocks, or broken pottery (to put at the bottom of the compost basket)

3 Bags

20-30

cu ft

2 cu ft

30 Large

Boxes

Note: If you’d rather not use the Keyhole Garden as a composting bed, simply load it up full of good

soil instead. Then start planting!

Summary of content (4 pages)

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e l o h y Ke SETTING UP Your Garden Thank you! Thanks for purchasing your new Keyhole Garden! The Keyhole Garden is a gardening technique native to many communities in Africa. Follow the instructions in these pages to get the most out of your Keyhole Garden so you can grow, enjoy and share healthy foods.
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e l o h y e K SETTING UP Your Garden Keyhole Garden Setup Instructions The magic of the Keyhole Garden is a few steps away. But these steps are important to setting up a long term successful Keyhole Garden. The magic of the Keyhole Garden is in it’s composting abilities. The Keyhole literally uses piles of common household waste and converts it into a rich growing enviroment for your vegetables to grow. The diagram below shows the different layers you should plan out to start your Keyhole Garden.
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e l o h y e K G COMPOSTIN With the Basket The Composting Basket is key to adding nutrients to your garden bed. It’s here where you can continually use up your regular kitchen scraps to nourish your Keyhole Garden. For best composting success use the same Brown-Green alternating technique as this helps your compost work the best. 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 4 2 4 2 5 3 5 3 6 4 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 8 6 8 7 9 7 9 8 10 8 10 9 Put some stones or broken pottery at the bottom of the basket.
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t os p Com THINGS YOU CAN Greens BrowGnrseens Browns NITROGEN - vegetable clippings - grass clippings - green leaves - fruit peels and rinds (minimal citrus) - egg shells - tea bags / tea leaves - plant trimmings - apple cores - green twigs - lettuce - house plants - manure - seaweed CARBON NITROGEN CARBON - dryer lint - cardboard - shredded paper - brown leaves - twigs - coffee grinds and ﬁlters - wine corks - wood ashes - oatmeal - cereal grains - spent grains from beer making - sawdust - torn up c