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Afternoon All,
I am new to horticulture & growing my own vegetables although I have always shadowed my mother and grandmother during their vegetable growing tasks.
Anyway, I have been given a section of my cousins garden to look after (7 metres L X 5 metres wide, in which to grow produce [in exchange for the growing space she gets a 50% take of what is produced]) where I will be setting up a pilot food growing and wildlife project (my aim is to inspire my younger 2nd cousin about wildlife, help certain species by providing food sources such as wild flowers etc & show the benefits of growing own produce).
It is a south facing garden.
This is the first time I have been given such a responsibility and control to grow my own produce which leads me to my question.
I wish to divide up the area into raised beds (to help contain the growing areas as I will not be round to the plot every day due to other time commitments and so my cousin who is studying full time will be spending some time doing daily maintenance) and I was thinking of carving it up into square raised bed plots and row raised bed plots. My thinking is that some crops, such as Tomatoes are sun loving and I think that growing in a single, 5 metre long growing row will maximise sunlight for each individual plant (as opposed to a square plot where other plants may block sunlight).
I was wondering if different raised bed shapes have different advantages and disadvantages (such as good for companion planting, space efficiency etc) and if certain vegetables are more 'suited' to different raised bed shapes (in that sense I relate to the sunlight factor). I hope what I type makes sense.
Thank you for your time and help,
Samuel
I am new to horticulture & growing my own vegetables although I have always shadowed my mother and grandmother during their vegetable growing tasks.
Anyway, I have been given a section of my cousins garden to look after (7 metres L X 5 metres wide, in which to grow produce [in exchange for the growing space she gets a 50% take of what is produced]) where I will be setting up a pilot food growing and wildlife project (my aim is to inspire my younger 2nd cousin about wildlife, help certain species by providing food sources such as wild flowers etc & show the benefits of growing own produce).
It is a south facing garden.
This is the first time I have been given such a responsibility and control to grow my own produce which leads me to my question.
I wish to divide up the area into raised beds (to help contain the growing areas as I will not be round to the plot every day due to other time commitments and so my cousin who is studying full time will be spending some time doing daily maintenance) and I was thinking of carving it up into square raised bed plots and row raised bed plots. My thinking is that some crops, such as Tomatoes are sun loving and I think that growing in a single, 5 metre long growing row will maximise sunlight for each individual plant (as opposed to a square plot where other plants may block sunlight).
I was wondering if different raised bed shapes have different advantages and disadvantages (such as good for companion planting, space efficiency etc) and if certain vegetables are more 'suited' to different raised bed shapes (in that sense I relate to the sunlight factor). I hope what I type makes sense.
Thank you for your time and help,
Samuel
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