{"id":56044,"date":"2017-05-26T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T07:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/right-crop-right-place-choosing-what-goes-where-in-your-veg-patch\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T14:09:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T07:09:39","slug":"right-crop-right-place-choosing-what-goes-where-in-your-veg-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/right-crop-right-place-choosing-what-goes-where-in-your-veg-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Right crop, right place: choosing what goes where in your veg patch"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSun or shade, sandy soil or thick clay, there\u2019s a vegetable crop for every spot, writes Lucy ChamberlainRead part one of Lucy\u2019s series on vegetable gardening.I\u2019ve just wandered into my vegetable garden and picked a bowlful of lush salad leaves for lunch. They\u2019re growing alongside a double row of spring cabbages which look equally plump and verdant. There are two good reasons for this perfect, palatable growth \u2013 moisture and shade.So often we choose what fruit, veg and herbs to grow at home simply because of what we like to eat. That is absolutely the right reason, but why is so little emphasis put on their growing preferences? Scan any bookshop shelf and the gardening section is rich with titles on plants for shade, drought-resistant gardening and shrubs for troublesome clay soils. It\u2019s been imprinted upon our brains to ask what an ornamental plant\u2019s growing requirements are (you wouldn\u2019t think to grow rhododendrons on chalky soil) but shouldn\u2019t we treat veg in the same way? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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