Growing your own fresh vegetables can be hugely rewarding - not to mention delicious! As well as the joys of getting to cook your own great tasting food, having a vegetable patch or allotment is fantastic fun for kids, and can even save you money. Tasty carrots, potatoes, onions, and salads can all come from small dedicated plots, providing they are maintained properly.
It is also a great way of helping youngsters to develop a passion for gardening - and creating a new generation of horticulturalists. Planning is key to any allotment. Vegetables need to be protected from strong winds and planted in a place where they will get enough sunlight, helping break up soil and improve drainage.
It's also important that vegetables are planted in positions that will be beneficial to each other. Making sure that those with more foliage will not drown out light to smaller plants. When preparing the ground, it's vital to use good composts and split the plot into several sections to make it easier to manage and rotate crops. Using rubber chippings and mulch such as Dunweedin' is ideal to mark out walkways between sections. The chippings resist compacting and can help suppress weeds.
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