Really Sweet Pinterest: Home and Garden Thursday

Friday, April 13, 2012

Home and Garden Thursday

The Edible
Garden

My neighbor’s restored home and garden

2nd Thursday – Gardening:

Although I have
quite a large garden, I have very little ground area that receives enough sun
to accommodate growing fruits and vegetables. Therefore, I have to be creative.

I have
incorporated a number of vegetables into the perennial garden beds – a number
of vegetables are quite ornamental and lend themselves quite well to the garden
beds.

an example of flowers and vegetables growing together

There are
various ways to incorporate vegetables – you can use pots, raised beds,
planters and supports – especially for peas, beans, cucumbers and such. The height
added by the support for the climbing vegetable plant can be quite decorative.

I am excited
to try a few new vegetables in my
garden this year.

Kaufmann
Mercantile has given me the opportunity to try out some of their

Kitazawa oriental seeds! I am thrilled. There is nothing better than to fresh home-grown
vegetables and fruits.

I have been
given:

Sugar Peas –
Taichung 13

from this

to this

Japanese
bunching onions – Red Beard

Edible White
Leaf Amaranth

Swiss Chard –
Magenta Sunset

Sword Bean –
Shironata

and

Arugula –
Rocket

I am looking
forward to reaping the fruits of these wonderful plants.

In my garden,
I have limited space that is ideal to grow vegetables. Living in the south I
also have to contend with conditions of late afternoon sun and humidity.
Ideally, vegetables require six hours of sun – eight is best. For me I need to
locate my plants where they'll receive filtered afternoon shade.

To accomplish
this – I am planting my vegetables amongst my flowers.

There are
several kinds of vegetables and herbs that lend themselves well to

inter-planting
with your flower garden. I will also use pots that will enable me to create the
right soil environment and allow me to move them about if needed.

The soil is
one of the most important parts of growing fruits and vegetables.

The most
important thing to know is that your soil must drain well. Vegetables need air
and good drainage. If their roots become waterlogged the plant will suffer.

my friend’s organic fruit and vegetable garden – marvelous

The less
stress your annual vegetable has – good soil, good pH, good drainage and the
right location – the better they will grow and produce for you.

Dovecoat built to replicate what once stood on this land’s estate

Have you visited Kaufmann Mercantile? You will find an interesting assortment of hand-crafted items – I have my eye on these Japanese Gardening Tools.

Additional Resources:

Designing Edible Gardens
Growing Vegetables and Flowers in Harmony
Interplanting Flowers and Herbs
or

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