How To Plan Your Kitchen Garden
Once you have identified the space where you will set up your kitchen garden decide on the type of planters or pots that will work best in the space.
How to plan your kitchen garden. Locating your garden near your backdoor makes harvesting fresh produce super convenient. Sunny Garden Soil Type. Youll need 6 to 8 hours of sunlight a day for many vegetables.
Building raised beds is a good idea if your soil is poor or doesnt drain well and you like the look of containers made from wood stone or corrugated metal. See the GrowVeg book here. And one for a mixture for example tomatoes cucumbers and the like.
20 11 x 19 11 Garden Layout. Consider adding a bench or table in the center or close to your kitchen garden. Try and use the edges as much as you can.
Keeping your garden design as close to your kitchen as you can. Raised Beds Sun or Shade. You can also find plenty of these same plants at garden centers ready to transplant for instant gratification.
Youll find out what crops to. If you have a balcony you could use a combination of railing planters pots on the floor or even wooden planter boxes. If youre starting your kitchen garden on a patch of lawn you can build up from the ground with raised beds or plant directly in the ground.
One for beans and peas or legumes as theyre sometimes called. Join our fantastic one-day course to learn how to plan for a successful year in your kitchen garden. Kitchen garden ideas include tomatoes snap peas peppers cucumbers lettuce and herbs.