![]() ![]() In general it’s a good idea to define garden beds 4 feet (1.2m) wide and as long as you want them to be with a 2 foot (60cm) path between them. If the area you are going to use for your vegetable garden is new then the next decision is what style of garden and planting system you would like to use: raised beds, traditional rows, square foot gardening etc. ![]() Defining good paths (using materials such as woodchip and weed suppressant fabric) will pay back many times over in the time saved maintaining them. Plan to create a few vegetable beds each year, expanding as you become confident and find the timesaving shortcuts that work for you. ![]() Far better is to make a list of your favourite vegetables and narrow it down to the ones that taste best fresh or cost a lot to buy in the shops. Many experienced gardeners will tell you that this is just setting yourself up for disappointment as the amount to learn, maintain and weed can quickly become overwhelming. When planning a vegetable garden it’s all too easy to jump in with both feet and try to grow as much as possible in the first year. With that in mind, here's our best advice in the form of principles to follow when producing a good plan for a new vegetable garden. Others are prepared to spend time but find the plethora of possible combinations of plants and layouts confusing. Some are looking for a 'quick fix' – some way to magically come up with the perfect plan for their garden. The layout is not to scale and will probably change but it’s good to have a place to start.Every year we get enquiries from people who are a little bewildered by the complexity of planning their first vegetable garden and don’t know where to start. The goal of this area is to section it off into it’s own garden spot. Stepping stones will create a shortcut to the greenhouse front landing which will be made from a few 4″圆″s left over from greenhouse construction and decorative gravel. Some of the dirt will go to fill a raised bed in the vegetable garden. The shade bed on the top of the garden layout right now is just a large mound of dirt left over from the excavation underneath the greenhouse. I’d like it to resemble a Japanese footbridge but it all depends on the materials I have on hand. The bridge is on my project list for this year and I hope to use only reclaimed or recycled wood to construct it. The two ‘Shenandoah’ switch grasses and crape myrtles were planted in 2009. The right perennial bed doesn’t go very far yet but will be expanded over time. In fact the beds on the bottom were begun before the greenhouse too. In this case the tree line in the upper right, the wild cherry trees on the left, the maple tree in the lower left and the willow on the right were planted before the greenhouse was started. ![]() When planning out a landscape project like this the first thing I do is factor in what is already there. Garden Landscape Layout for around Our Greenhouse Shed (not to scale) The Landscape Garden Layout around my Greenhouse/Gardenshed While the snow is coming down I thought I would put together a rough draft garden layout of the gardens I hope to cultivate around the greenhouse once it is complete. ![]()
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