12/28/2023 0 Comments In ground vegetable garden layoutIt's rare for someone to think their patch is too big, but be realistic in terms of time and maintenance. The more space overall you can give to your veg patch, the more variety and abundance you'll produce. Tomatoes and cucumbers can be grown in pots, or in the ground against a sunny, sheltered south or west-facing wall, or in a greenhouse if you have one. Beware, mint and horseradish are very invasive and their roots quickly romp away, so enclose them in a deep, submerged pot. Perennial plants such as mint, horseradish, rhubarb and tarragon, and the shrubs rosemary, sage and bay, go permanently into any edge beds if you have space there. If you have the space, the wider the paths the better. Anything narrower will be obliterated as plants grow. Make the beds as big as possible and the paths can be temporary trodden earth or shingle, or permanent brick or stone. You can then rotate your productive plants from one year and one area to another, avoiding putting the same plant into the same soil again for four years and hence preventing a build-up of pests and diseases. The four beds are then allocated to different plant groups: one for roots, subdivided between new potatoes, beetroot and carrots (the three most rewarding and delicious roots) one for things like beans and peas (which gardeners call legumes) one for salad and herbs, including the brassicas (which means cabbage relatives), rocket, mizuna, mustard and radishes one for a hotchpotch of things such as courgettes, sweetcorn and leafy greens, chard, kale and spinach. With your bit of garden cleared and ready for a mini vegetable patch (see starting a vegetable garden from scratch), it's time to lay out your plot and create a structure that looks good and produces delicious food.Įven a small patch should be divided into four areas, ideally four quadrants with a cross of paths, with a small, round central bed if you have the space in which you could grow a tepee of sweet peas.
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