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I have a long thin garden measuring about 36m long x 6m wide.
My veggie patch is all of the bottom half of the garden so about 18m x 6m in size (minus the space taken up by a greenhouse and a shed).
For the last 4 years since I moved here I have been toying with the idea of cutting down my beautiful laburnum tree (see picture) to make more space for growing veggies. It's right in the middle of my plot, and every year it gets bigger and casts more shade.
With the tree still there I have space for about 9 raised beds of 2.4m x 1.2m in size, a couple of which suffer quite a lot of shade. Without the tree I would have space for 14 beds the same size and in full sun.
But it's the only tree in the garden! There are several tall trees in my neighbours' gardens to the north side, but it's lovely to sit in the shade of my laburnum on those rare occasions when it's too hot and sunny.
If I had done something about this 4 years ago I could have had a decent sized fruit tree in the top (non veggie) end of the garden by now. And so I would be happier to cut the laburnum down because I would still have the fruit tree for shade.
Any thoughts anyone?
My veggie patch is all of the bottom half of the garden so about 18m x 6m in size (minus the space taken up by a greenhouse and a shed).
For the last 4 years since I moved here I have been toying with the idea of cutting down my beautiful laburnum tree (see picture) to make more space for growing veggies. It's right in the middle of my plot, and every year it gets bigger and casts more shade.
With the tree still there I have space for about 9 raised beds of 2.4m x 1.2m in size, a couple of which suffer quite a lot of shade. Without the tree I would have space for 14 beds the same size and in full sun.
But it's the only tree in the garden! There are several tall trees in my neighbours' gardens to the north side, but it's lovely to sit in the shade of my laburnum on those rare occasions when it's too hot and sunny.
If I had done something about this 4 years ago I could have had a decent sized fruit tree in the top (non veggie) end of the garden by now. And so I would be happier to cut the laburnum down because I would still have the fruit tree for shade.
Any thoughts anyone?
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