Planning small garden veg patch - help!

sumodog · 26 February 2007 at 3:04PM

Hi

I'd like to plant a small, maybe 2 to 3 sq. m., veg plot.

Is there anywhere I can get an idiots guide as I've never tried anything like this before?

Any thoughts on what I could / should plant and when?

Thanks

GreenNotM · 26 February 2007 at 3:10PM

Google the Square foot garden... or just look here http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=square+foot+garden&meta=

margaretclare · 27 February 2007 at 12:59PM

Hi

The Royal Horticultural Society are doing this: http://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/veg3x3.asp

HTH

Margaret

tattooedhoney · 27 February 2007 at 4:15PM

I am a newbie gardener so I have been looking for books on vegetable gardening. I ended up getting one at woolies - marked up at £3.73 but was around £2.50. I would have a look at the books in the shops, try charity shops and if all else fails look inthe library. A lot of the books aren't geared to small gardens but have stuff about crop rotation ( very important apparently) and pests etc. Also this site is great and there is a wealth of information from all the people on here :T .
Hope your garden goes well

knollgardener · 27 February 2007 at 4:42PM

Hi there,
I`d give anything a go that you like eating yourself. But if you are a newbie to gardening alltogether go for simple and easy to grow veg like courgettes, tomatoes, cucumbers and potatoes, lettuces and radishes. Start with just a few things the first year, test yourself and your comitment to looking after the first things growing, then progress to more and variety of planting. Also a good system to use is squarefoot gardening where the tallest plants are grown at the most northerly aspect of your plot and the hight of other plants infront will be staggered, running from north to south, with the smallest growing ones being sown or planted at the most southerly end of your plot. This way all your crops get equal light and are easier looked after.
Best of luck,
Sarina.

nickj_2 · 27 February 2007 at 11:41PM

if you want a great book that's straight forward and full of useful tips try carol klein 's grow your own veg

nodwah · 28 February 2007 at 12:06AM

Sounds like the perfect place to do what Carol Klein was talking about the native american indians did: grow sweetcorn in a block and in between them grow squashes (or courgettes) and beans. I'm going to give it a go this year.

does that make any sense, it doesn't to me when I read it back?

angie_loves_veg · 28 February 2007 at 12:12AM

It makes perfect sense nodwah -

The sweetcorn stand tall and strong
The beans climb up the sweetcorn
The squash (or courgette) cover the surface and smother weeds

let us know how it works out!

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