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Limited Space Gardens Are FunA kitchen garden has a charm all its own. There really is nothing to
beat the look and taste of fruit and vegetables that you've grown
yourself. If you add a few decorative herbs to the mix, there's
absolutely no reason why your kitchen garden can't look as good visually
as your flower garden.
It's a fact that fruit, vegetables and herbs are very rewarding to grow.
There's an extra special flavor to produce you've grown yourself.
But be warned, a kitchen garden is going to be very labor intensive. If
you're not into hard, manual work in your garden, a kitchen garden may
not be for you. The only way you're going to get bumper crops of the
fruit, vegetables and herbs that you grow is by lavishing tender loving
care and attention on them.
Starting your growing early can produce a bountiful crop weeks ahead of
its normal time, giving you a home-grown harvest at a time when those
fruits and vegetables are particularly expensive in the shops.
You can make your kitchen garden as visually attractive as possible by
careful planning. If space is at a premium you can choose some of the
more decorative vegetables and herbs and plant them in your flower beds.
Ideally you need to choose a sunny site in your garden for most herbs
and vegetables to do well. If you are growing fruit trees, you should
ensure that they do not cast a shadow over the vegetables and herbs.
Remember that although most herbs are leafy and lacking flowers, they
will provide greenery in your garden, even in the winter. Just exercise
a little thought as to where to place them and think in terms of what
your garden will look like in each of the seasons and factor this into
your planning.
Most herbs will do very well when planted in containers, so they are an
excellent option even if you don't have much space in your garden. Tall
herbs can be planted at the back of a traditional flower garden and
low-growing herbs make excellent flower garden borders.
The normal method of growing vegetables is in regimented rows. If they
are kept properly weeded, this can still look good. Again, if you don't
have much space, you can still grow a large range of vegetables in
containers e.g. peas and potatoes. Some vegetables are even attractive
enough to be planted amongst the flowers - but remember that you are
going to have gaps once the vegetables are harvested.
You may be surprised to learn that there's a large range of fruit that
you can grow even if you don't have several acres worth of orchard plot.
Small apple trees can grow in pots on the patio, you can grow
strawberries in containers and there are even certain varieties of
cordon-trained apples and pears that can be grown against a garden
fence.
Nearly all fruit trees prefer a sunny site. You will certainly suffer
from poor crops if you allow frost to damage the blossom on apple and
pear trees. Pears are particularly vulnerable because they tend to
flower earlier than apple trees.
If you don't have space in abundance but still want to try your hand at
fruit growing then you should look at planting trained fruit trees such
as espaliers, cordons and fans against a fence or wall. They can look
very decorative and take up very little room.
With a modicum of planning, thought and imagination there really is no
reason at all why you can't have the joy of growing and harvesting food
for your own kitchen table in your own kitchen garden, no matter how
small the plot.
Author: Elmer Fizz
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