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The edible plants in the garden The vegetable garden is a very functional garden. It is efficient but is not pretty or colorful to look at. Vegetables can be planted as flower borders. They can also be planted using containers and window boxes. Fresh foods from the garden carry more nutrients. Newly picked fruits and vegetables contain more vitamins and minerals. They are more sweet and nutritious than the ones frozen or bought in the stores. A very efficient way of vegetable planting is building elevated beds. Elevated beds produce a moderate temperature in spring. It also draw off liquid fast after it rained. Resources/Buyer's Guide » Links » Related ideas » More topics Elevated beds are easy to cover for protection. Vertical elevated beds give more spaces to other plants. Utilize the small space in a vegetable garden by using the fast-growing vegetable plants. The small fast-growing vegetables that can fill on slow-growing vegetables are carrots, beets, lettuce and also spinach. Small vegetable plants can be planted as decorative edges around the borders of the vegetable area. The cottage style gardening is an informal style which is ideal for rural areas. The simple yet square vegetable bed is an easy to care for vegetable garden. The leafy crops The leafy vegetables are best when they are eaten fresh. These leafy plants are also delicious if they are eaten when still immature and not woody. To remain the leafy plants from being woody which needs more chewing when eaten, retain the plants with more moisture and they require light shade. These leafy vegetables can be grown in smallest spaces such as containers, pots or window boxes. Mixed packages can grow between three to four weeks. Sow a batch of leafy vegetables every two weeks to continue the supply of new leaves. The vegetable roots and tubers The vegetable roots and tubers developed their flesh inside the soil. They are the vegetables that should be uprooted and can be stored. Potatoes are main root crops that can grow throughout the winter. Beets and carrots are ideal for small spaces. Potatoes and beets need a well cultivated soil with abundant well-rotted manure and fertilizer. Carrots need a deep and loose and properly drained soil to penetrate easily. Beets grow with multiple seeds with six to eight or ten seedlings so these vegetables need loose soil and extra space for the multiplication of seeds. A perfectly cultivated soil is good for root crops. If an open cultivated soil does not work, growing the root crops in deep containers is also possible. The perennial vegetables Asparagus, artichokes and rhubarbs are perennial vegetables. They require less effort and can be harvested year by year. Asparagus can grow from crowns to potted plants allowing 3 feet between each row. Asparagus usually grow at least eight to ten plants in each bed. These asparagus prefer a well drained, somewhat alkaline soil and free from debris and weeds. The globe artichokes are pretty with its color. They prefer very well a good soil mixture and sunlight but shady site. The Jerusalem artichokes go well with any kind of soil and can endure partially shaded area. The rhubarb vegetable plants prefer a well sunny area and should be moist. Rhubarbs can endure a light shade. The fruit growing plants The large spaces in a garden can fit a fruit bearing tree. The dwarf fruit trees give a cluster of flowers in spring and give abundant fruits in fall. Dwarf fruit trees require proper growing conditions. Avoid growing other plants from nearby the dwarf fruit trees so that the trees will grow. The trees that grow in a wall can be more useful as a decoration in the building or a house. Apples are most popular fruits to grow. These trees are easy to care for. Most fruits grow long term. Once planted and get matured, trees continue to bear fruits and they become investments. If there is not enough room for a fruit bearing trees, some fruit bearing plants like strawberries,lemons, grapes and oranges can be planted in window boxes, containers and pots. The fruit trees in the patio or deck are oranges and lemons. Lemons and oranges can be outside during summertime but they should be inside or in the greenhouse during cold weather. The strawberries can be planted even in small pots. The strawberries prefer to stay inside or in a greenhouse to ripen the fruits more quickly. Strawberries only crop for two to three years so replacing them after two or three years is necessary. Fruit growing plants in containers save garden spaces and can be moved from one place to another. The bulbous and fruiting vegetables Tomatoes are fruiting plants that need supply of water throughout the season. Tomatoes can grow in a vegetable plot or in containers. Most tomatoes need support when they start to bear fruits. Zucchini, different kinds of squashes, beans and peas are other types of fruiting crops that can grow with organic substance. Grow the vegetables in the sunny area to make the plants to continue to flower and make abundant fruit crops. Bulbous crops such as onions, shallots and garlic are easy to grow. These bulbous plants can be stored throughout the winter. Supply the fruiting and bulbuos plants with adequate water. Soaking with water will increase the size of the pods and fruits of bulbous plants. Pick all the fruiting crops as often as possible to encourage continued cropping.

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