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City Gardening FOCUS Question How can people grow food in small spaces?

城市园艺焦点问题人们如何在小空间里种植食物?

Where Food Grows People grow fruits and vegetables on farms. They also grow these plants in big gardens. But what if you live in a city? You can grow plants in a small space. even if you have no yard at all!

人们在农场种植水果和蔬菜。 他们也在大花园中种植这些植物。 但如果你住在城市里呢? 你可以在小空间里种植植物。 即使你根本没有院子!

What Plants Need Plants need sunlight and air. Light and air help plants make plant food Plants also need soil. Good soil has nutrients (NOO-tree-unts) that help plants grow. Finally plants need water. Water keeps plants healthy With these things, you can grow your own food!

植物需要什么植物需要阳光和空气。 光和空气有助于植物生产食物植物也需要土壤。 好的土壤有养分(NOO-tree-unts)可以帮助植物生长。 最后，植物需要水。 有了这些东西，你就可以种植自己的食物了!

No Yard? No Problem! Maybe you have no yard to dig in. You can grow food in containers! Use a container large enough to hold the plant's roots. Grow small plants in cans. Grow big plants in wood boxes or pots.

没有院子吗?没问题!也许你没有院子可以挖。 你可以在容器里种植食物!使用一个足够大的容器来盛放植物的根。 在罐子里种植小植物。 在木箱或花盆里种植大植物。

Raise Your Plants A tiny place outside can hold a raised garden. Make sides for the garden from wood or bricks. Fill the garden with good soil. You are ready to plant Raised gardens make caring for your plants easy! Math Moment Sam makes a raised garden that is 6 feet long. He wants to plant one row of peppers. The plants must be 2 feet apart. How many pepper plants should Sam buy? Draw a picture.

在室外的一个小地方可以养一个花园。 用木头或砖为花园做边。 用好土填满花园。 你已经准备好种植凸起的花园，照顾你的植物很容易!山姆做了一个6英尺长的凸起花园。 他想种一排辣椒。 植物之间必须相距2英尺。 山姆应该买几株辣椒? 画一幅画。

Composting Composting turns plants and other things into soil. Put grass, apple peels, and paper in a pile. Add a little water Over time the scraps in the pile rot. They turn into compost. Put the compost around your plants It has nutrients that your plants need.

堆肥可以把植物和其他东西变成土壤。 把草、苹果皮和纸堆在一起。 时间久了，堆里的废料就会腐烂。 它们变成了堆肥。把堆肥放在植物周围，它含有植物需要的营养物质。