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Task · part of 8. One 90-day project of six, and none of them is quick

8(f). Grow a garden of your own: 90 days or to harvest, whichever is earlier

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This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 8: which of the six 90-day projects?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

From seed or plantings, outdoors or indoors in containers, with at least three types of plant approved by your counselor. It overlaps requirement 2 almost exactly, which is a question for your counselor before anything is planted.

Warning. ASK YOUR COUNSELOR ABOUT THIS ONE BEFORE YOU PLANT ANYTHING. 8(f) grows a garden of at least three types of plant to harvest or for 90 days; requirement 2 grows twelve plants to harvest and flowering. They are the same activity on the same calendar, and whether one garden can satisfy both is your counselor's decision. There is no way to settle it retrospectively, if the answer is no, you need two plots or two seasons, and you want to know that in March rather than in August.

Where this step comes from

  1. Gardening Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 8(f) · Requires at least three types of plants approved by the counselor, to harvest or for 90 days, whichever is earlier.

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