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So, you've decided to have a vegetable garden, but aren't quite sure how to go about planning to put one into your garden. Growing your own vegetables is one of the most rewarding ways of making use of your property, or even balcony - if that's all you have. It takes a little bit of foresight and planning to get it right, but eating your first pod of peas or juicy carrot right from your own soil is a pleasure that should encourage anyone to get out there and do it.
Before rushing out and buying plants, it's important to have some understanding of what you want to grow. There is a very simple rule to remember about growing vegetables - if you don't eat it, don't grow it. If you hate a particular vegetable, what's the point of wasting the space it takes to grow it?Â
The next decision you'll need to make is where you're place your garden bed/s. If you have the room, then it is wise to prepare a few different beds, four or six, as certain types of vegetables like growing with others, and by planning a "rotating" system, you can prevent the growth of diseases or pests that attack particular types of plants when they've been grown in the same place year after year.  It also means that the vegetables can get the right type of soil preparation. If you don't have the space for having a large number of garden beds, then you can still grow vegetables, but it might take a little more work to keep on top of pests and diseases. I discuss the single bed strategy at the website below.
Vegetables need good light all day, so try to avoid any shade. My garden had a very, very large tree that not only provided way too much shade, but had the risk of falling down and crushing either my shed or house during one of the heavy storms we get here. For under a thousand bucks it was removed, and I was left with a nice flat stump. It now acts as a nice seat when I want to sit out in the sun and read.
Soil should be considered next. You want a good quality, well draining loam. If you don't have this, then consider purchasing soil from your local landscape supply centre. Generally the beds should be built up for adding to the quality of drainage. What I like to do is construct wooden edges to the garden bed, just to add a little more eloquence to the design, and to keep the soil from being washed away.
Your beds can be laid out how you like, but try to leave at least about a metre (just over 3 feet) between them to allow you to pick your vegetables from all directions. The best way to lay your seedlings/seeds is in straight rows.Â
A typical four bed rotation will work like the following:
1. Root crops (carrots, onions and potatoes) and onions
2. Brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower), legumes (peas, beans)
3. Acid lovers - tomatoes, capsicums (bell peppers), chillies
4. Cucurbits (cucumber, melons, pumpkins/squash), sweet corn
The next season you would move bed 1 to bed 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4 and 4 to 1.Â
A six bed rotation will look like:
1. Legumes
2. Brassicas
3. Root crops
4. Sweet corn, cucurbits
5. Acid lovers
6. Green manure crop
There are two points to note here. While they are a root crop, potatoes don't really fit in with other root crops. They attract different insects, and are best placed elsewhere in the garden. The old standard of using tyres is a good one, as it means that the soil can be built up within the tyres and rotated that way.
The second point is bed number six. Green manure is something like mung beans, soybeans or similar that is left to only the grass stage before being dug into the soil. Your acid lovers will adore you the next season if you put one of these beds into rotation.
With these simple guidelines, and a little bit of elbow grease, you will be enjoying your home grown vegetables in what will seem like no time at all.
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