Monday 28 June 2010

Plan for home vegetable garden

When you are planning for a vegetable garden, you need to keep in mind that the location that you choose should have enough space and should receive plenty of sunlight. Vegetables flourish well in sunlight and they require good drainage too. If you have some space in your backyard, you can plan a backyard vegetable garden design that has small paths in between plots of different vegetables. way you can maintain the vegetables and this allows for easier harvesting. Traditionally vegetables are planted in long rows, which are a good option for planting corns and beans but you can definitely go for some variations and create a different vegetable garden layout.

For easy accessibility you can create a vegetable garden design layout by making raised beds instead of the traditional rows. The advantage of having raised beds is that it provides for better drainage and it looks neater and more compact. Nothing spoils the beauty of a vegetable garden more than unkempt plants and a profusion of weeds growing haphazardly along with the vegetables. You can plan to make a three foot wide raised bed with the soil being about 8 to 12 inches above the ground level. You can use lumber blocks or bricks for constructing the raised beds. When you are deciding on the kinds of plants that you are planning to grow, remember that there are some combinations of plants that do not work well together.