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    This document provides steps for planning an Italian-style pizza theme garden, including recommended plants such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, basil, oregano, and garlic. Specific tomato, pepper, and herb varieties are listed. The document also includes a recipe for homemade pizza sauce using vegetables from the garden.

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    This document provides steps for planning an Italian-style pizza theme garden, including recommended plants such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, basil, oregano, and garlic. Specific tomato, pepper, and herb varieties are listed. The document also includes a recipe for homemade pizza sauce using vegetables from the garden.

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    Agricultural Extension Service

    The University of Tennessee

    W038

    Grow Your Own Slice of


    Pizza Pie! 8. Water, weed, fertilize and harvest on a
    weekly basis throughout the growing season.
    Steps to Planning a Theme Garden
    1. Determine what type of theme garden you 9. Enjoy your abundance of fresh vegetable and
    would like. In this case we want an Italian- herbs.
    Style Pizza Garden.

    2. Determine the location and size of your Recommended Plants


    garden. Select an area that receives at least
    six hours of full sunlight every day and is Tomatoes:
    close to a water source. Celebrity, Better Boy, Early Girl, Roma, Sweet
    Million (Cherry)
    3. Take a soil sample and send it to be analyzed Tip: Plant 24 inches apart; stake or cage with
    with the help of your county Extension agent. heavy wire cages for support.

    4. The shape of your garden may be a large Peppers:


    circle with triangle sections to look like a Sweet Bell: California Wonder, Big Bertha,
    pizza or whatever shape fits your landscape! Sweet Banana, Golden Summer
    Tip: Use small tomato cages to support
    5. Amend the soil according to soil test results. peppers during the growing season.
    Using a tiller, work in a 3-inch layer of
    organic matter (peat moss, manure, rotted Eggplant:
    compost, etc.) to improve soil structure. Black Beauty, Ichiban, Dusky, Millionaire

    6. Select plants from a list of recommended Sweet Basil:


    varieties. “To be fragrant.” Many varieties are available;
    grow from seed or select plants from your local
    7. Plant warm-season vegetables, such as garden center.
    tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and most
    herbs after April 25th, to avoid frost or freeze Chives & Onions:
    damage. Plant early and harvest mid-June to July.
    Marjoram: More information:
    Many varieties are available; grow from seed or A large number of gardening resource materials
    select plants from your local garden center. are available at no charge on the UT Extension
    Website, with more materials added all the time.
    Oregano: Visit www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/
    Has a stronger flavor than marjoram, adding default.htm
    much flavor to Italian dishes.
    Some Extension gardening and foods publica-
    Garlic: tions include:
    Plant bulbs in the fall to late winter for harvest in PB724 Canning Foods
    late June. PB725 Preserving Foods
    PB774 Food Storage Guide
    Harvest, Storage & Preparation PB901 Growing Vegetables in
    of Fresh Vegetables Home Gardens
    Tomatoes: Harvest when fully colored, yet still PB 1215 Disease Control in the Home
    firm. May be frozen and stored before canning Vegetable Garden
    or processing. Blanch tomatoes in boiling water PB1228 Gardening for Nutrition
    for 30 seconds to remove skins before storing. PB 1391 Organic Vegetable Gardening
    SP 291-A Growing Vegetable Transplants
    Peppers: Hot or sweet. Harvest frequently to SP 291-B Growing Vegetables from Seed
    promote reproduction throughout growing sea- SP 291-C Soil Preparation for Vegetable
    son. May be frozen or strung and dried. Gardens
    SP 291-D Care of the Vegetable Garden
    Onions & Garlic: Harvest when 80 percent of SP 291-G Fall Vegetable Gardens
    the tops have fallen over or died down. May SP 291-I Weed Control in Home Gardens
    be field-cured or cured in mesh bags or tray, SP 291-L Fresh Vegetable Storage for the
    braided and strung. Fall-planted garlic is usually Homeowner
    ready to harvest mid-June. SP 291-N Raised Bed Gardening
    SP 291-O Guide to Spring-planted,
    Herbs: Harvest throughout growing season. For Cool-season Vegetables
    best flavor, gather herbs early in the morning. SP 291-P Guide to Warm-season Vegetables
    Most herbs may be dried or frozen for future use. SP 325-D Canning Vegetables
    SP 425-A Healthy Tennesseans Eat More
    Fruits and Vegetables
    Pizza Sauce Recipe:
    • 1 gallon prepared tomatoes Written by Karla Kean, Montgomery County
    • 1 can tomato paste Extension Agent, and Beth Babbit, Tennessee
    • 1 whole onion Master Gardener Coordinator.
    • 1 clove garlic
    • 1 cup sweet bell pepper
    • ½ cup sugar
    • ½ cup vinegar
    • Herbs, salt, pepper to taste
    Place all ingredients in large crockpot and let
    cook 6-8 hours. Frequently drain off excess
    juice & save for canning.
    Visit the Agricultural Extension Web Site at: http://www.utextension.utk.edu/
    04-0227 W038
    The Agricultural Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex,
    disability, religion or veteran status and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
    COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS.
    The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
    and county governments cooperating in furtherance of Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914.
    Agricultural Extension Service, Charles L. Norman, Dean

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