If you have a shady area, use this for cut-and-come-again salad leaves and leafy Oriental vegetables, which will grow well in shade. Make sure that fruiting crops such as tomatoes, aubergines and chillies are earmarked for the sunniest parts of the garden to encourage the fruits to ripen quickly. Raised beds will improve soil drainage and allow for the addition of large amounts of organic matter to the soil, which will improve the fertility and allow for greater yields. A one metre wide bed will allow you to easily reach in and grab any emerging and unwanted weeds without having to tread on the soil.
#VEG GARDEN PLANNER SERIES#
To get you started, here is our guide to planning a vegetable garden.įor the best results when establishing a vegetable garden, select a few choice crops which you particularly love or which taste the best fresh and can be the mostly costly in the supermarket.Īlso make the most of the opportunity to grow varieties of familiar crops that are hard to find in the shops, such as the knobbly-shaped, delicious potato ‘ Pink Fir Apple’.įor optimum access, a simple layout for your vegetable garden is to divide it into a series of raised beds approximately one metre wide, each spaced roughly half a metre apart.
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A seasonal guide highlighting choice crops for the month and delicious recipes you can fulfil with your home-grown produce.
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For 2018, The English Garden are launching The English Gardener.