Vegetable Garden Design
Vegetable gardening is not just planting anything everywhere. It takes a lot of planning where to put the garden in the first place and on what part of your garden should grow what vegetables. There are numerous considerations for this and by making sure that these are followed, the growth of your vegetables are maximized. Vegetable garden design is not just about beautification and aesthetics. It is also about practical adaptation to a certain vegetable plant’s requirements for growth and full maturity. By making sure that your garden lay out is sound, all vegetable varieties in your garden will answer to your harvest expectations.
The location of your garden is one of the most important decisions you have to make before going full blast with your efforts. One big determinant for this is the sun exposure in the areas you consider to put your garden. Plants need ample amounts of sunlight, up to six hours of full sun to satisfy its need.
Now that you have decided for the location, the next things you need to think about are what vegetables to grow in the garden. To help you decide on this, look at what your family eats everyday and compliment what you garden yields to the preference of your family. This will give you a hint how many to plant for every variety.
You location and vegetable variety is now set. Where to plant them in the garden is the next decision. It is important to arrange the rows of vegetable from north to south rather than west to east to make sure no vegetable can cast a shadow to the ones planted behind it, depriving it of sunlight. It is also important to plant the beans and other “tall” vegetables to the north side of the plot to make sure, that again, it does not cast a shade to the other plants. Low growing vegetables like carrots and radishes can be planted on the south side. Tomatoes, broccoli, squash and lettuce can be planted in the middle of the plot.
Vegetable garden design will make sure that you are not second guessing in locating your vegetables in the plot. This also guarantees optimum harvests when your vegetables mature.
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