Sun or shade, sandy soil or thick clay, there’s a vegetable crop for every spot, writes Lucy Chamberlain
Read part one of Lucy’s series on vegetable gardening.
I’ve just wandered into my vegetable garden and picked a bowlful of lush salad leaves for lunch. They’re growing alongside a double row of spring cabbages which look equally plump and verdant. There are two good reasons for this perfect, palatable growth – moisture and shade.
So often we choose what fruit, veg and herbs to grow at home simply because of what we like to eat. That is absolutely the right reason, but why is so little emphasis put on their growing preferences? Scan any bookshop shelf and the gardening section is rich with titles on plants for shade, drought-resistant gardening and shrubs for troublesome clay soils. It’s been imprinted upon our brains to ask what an ornamental plant’s growing requirements are (you wouldn’t think to grow rhododendrons on chalky soil) but shouldn’t we treat veg in the same way?
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