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• Plant borders or build raised bed edges. • Layer compost over the cover crop plant material.
• Add soil and compost to the raised beds to fill them • Add organic fertilizer based on your soil test results.
if necessary. • Add mulch, weed mat, or organic matter to pathways
• Direct seed a cover crop such as soybeans or sunn hemp. to suppress weeds and make a more
This planting will cover the entire bed and be used to comfortable walking surface.
accumulate nutrients and build organic matter that will • Wait two to four weeks for the cover
be incorporated into the soil. crop material to break down.
• Plant vegetable seeds in pots. • Aerate the bed with a garden fork.

• Once the cover crop plants begin to flower, cut back the • Rake beds to create a smooth, level surface.
cover crop with a machete, sickle, weed eater, or spade.
• Plant vegetable starts and seeds.
• Leave the cut plant material from the cover crop in the
garden beds. • Celebrate!

farM anD garDen tour
Join Evan Ryan for a tour of Pono Grown Farm Center in Makawao on Sunday, April 9 from
9am to noon to celebrate the launching of the new resource book Hawaii Home Gardens.
Pono Grown Farm Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization focused on agricultural
education with a mission to increase the connection people have to the land, and empower
them to better care for it. The production and educational farm hosts a diverse landscape
that includes a half-acre of vegetables, a two-acre food forest, extensive orchards, a medicinal
herb garden, native plantings, chickens and bees.

evan is the executive director of Pono grown Farm center and co-author of the book Hawaii Home Gardens. he has been an
agricultural landscape consultant, designer, farmer, project manager, and educator in gardens and farms throughout Maui. his focus
is applying holistic design and permaculture systems to production agriculture, and integrating these principles into home gardens,
orchards, and commercial systems. please write to evan@ponogrown.org or call 808-269-9356 for directions and to reserve your
spot on the farm tour.

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