Designing A Home Fruit Vegetable Garden
Fruit trees can be further back.
Designing a home fruit vegetable garden. Tomatoes peppers lettuce green onions and many herbs are capable of surviving in containers. The seating and secluded nature of the area this vegetable garden is transformed into a sanctuary for the lucky green thumb to escape to. Grow a 4x12 foot version of the white house kitchen garden designed by better homes and gardens garden editors on your own south or east or west lawn.
This should be a frugal option as well. It s fun to consider how fruit can fit into a garden whether you re designing from scratch or if your garden like mine is evolving gradually over time. The vertical vegetable garden is a great idea for small space.
This layout gives you a square for each vegetable grown. High use routes through the garden such as from the laundry to the washing line we call energy pathways and here too is often a good place for high maintenance or regularly picked vegetable crops. Then you put a pallet on the backside of the bed to allow vegetables to grow up it for support.
You can fit blueberry bushes or miniature apple trees in that small area and harvest 4 6 quarts of berries or 20 25 apples. Purchase decorative planting containers and arrange them around your balcony patio or yard. With a bit of soil and proper planning it can be a stunning vegetable garden in no time.
All you need is a spot that gets six or more hours of sunshine each day. For added flair or to create a multi level garden grow some baby tomatoes in hanging baskets. Squeezing more fruit into your garden is always worthwhile and you ll never regret making space for it if you can feast your eyes as well as your belly.
You can make do with even a small patch. Just remember that the containers will get heavy when they are full of wet soil and fruiting plants. You can use any type of container you like from old buckets to recycled soda bottles even expensive ceramic bowls.

