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7 - Setting up your plot

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Setting up your plot
When you’re thinking about where to grow fruit and vegetables in your garden, bear the following considerations in mind for the best results:

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Plant lists

Plant lists

Find plant lists on:

• Soft fruit
• Tree fruit
• Easy vegetables
• Herbs
• Greenhouse planting

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Video

Watch video clips on:

• Basic principles of growing vegetables
• Growing seasonal vegetables
• Making a vegetable plot
• Making a compost heap

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Learn how to build a compost heap with our fun game, Hurl-a-heap .

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• Create a virtual garden
• Techniques in the garden
• Plant profiles
• Design projects
• Plant database

Vegetable garden

Choosing your site

Vegetable plot
A good idea is to divide the plot into four areas – this enables you to rotate the crops, minimising disease problems.
Ensure the paths between the beds are wide enough to take a wheelbarrow, and have a hard surface – paving slabs will stop your feet getting too muddy.

Plot
Beds about 1.2m (4ft) wide with paths all around are perfect, because you can water and weed without getting on to the bed.
Make sure there is a source of water nearby. It’s worth forking out a few quid and getting an outdoor tap. You’ll thank me on those hot, sunny days when you don’t have to carry heavy watering cans hundreds of yards

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7. The productive garden

Introduction
Setting up your plot
  Making your own compost
  General care
Growing vegetables
Growing fruit
The kitchen diary
Greenhouse growing
The herb garden
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