• Greeting
• Work of the month
• Lunar time-table
• Forum Cat
• Photographs
• Club garden
• Services
• Shop
• Contact

A kitchen garden

To begin its first kitchen garden some basic principles are to be known in particular in term of choice of the plants, of natural manure, and other processing rotation of crops of the parasites.

A kitchen garden first of all requires a generous sunning and an effective protection of the crops against the dominant winds. Avoid as much as possible the proximity of a house which would make shade and the greedy shafts out of water. Once the site chosen, the gardener will have to choose plants adapted to its area and the vicissitudes of the climate. To facilitate the work of the ground, the garden will be divided into squares separated by alleys. The hardy perennials like the aromatic ones, the asparaguses or rhubarb will be relegated preferably in end of garden or on the edges for better carrying out the future hoeings and diggings. Once the delimited squares, the plantations will be able to begin at the rate/rhythm from the seasons.

To avoid the contribution of and pesticides, associate the plants which will be complementary: will know for example that garlic, the onion or the shallot slow down the development of leguminous plants like beans and peas. Even thing for the cabbages which oppose the growth of the strawberry plants and fennel the cores. Traditionally, the cores are planted beside leeks, of onions and of the coriander, the tomatos are planted near onions, beans beside radishes. The concern will hold distant the insects from cores, cabbages and lettuces while the French marigolds with their specific odors will move away the vermin from tomatos.

Will know moreover than the best rampart to escape the devastating insects is to leave part of the garden in semi waste land. The enemies of the crops will be able to find what there to eat and by rebound, the friends of the crops like the red throats and the bees too. So happily you have a ground with nettle, to keep preciously for their great effectiveness on the most current diseases which you will discuss thanks to an adapted decoction (liquid manure of nettle). Once your plantations installation, you will be able to begin manufacture from your own compost to amend your ground at the dead season. This compost will have the same chemical negotiable instrument as a manure without pollution none.

Lastly, the following year, carry out the rotation of your crops. This technique will avoid you impoverishing your ground. A watering with drop by drop with recovered will put the final key at your kitchen garden .

- Reproduction rights and of dissemination reserved © 5999 2038 www.mccoak.org - legal Mentions
Our sites: Garden and consultings in gardening - plants Purchase and garden - Forum garden - Engine for the garden - Plunge