The Best Spot for Your Vegetable Garden Part 1

There are many opinions as to where the best or ‘perfect’ spot for a garden should be. It does not have to be ‘hidden’ away or the most unsightly spot on your property.

If it is well planned, laid out, positioned and cared for, it can add quite some ambience to your dwellings. There is nothing more homely than a homegrown garden, showing off your green thumb and outdoor prowess!

For most of our urban-style properties, we will be lucky to find some space and sometimes we cannot be too meticulous and have to make the most of what we have at our disposal in the end.

For larger properties, sometimes picking a spot behind the garage, next to a boundary-fence, at the far-end of the property or close to outbuildings will make the most sense.

For city-type properties, some even resort to ‘container’ style or conservatory-type gardens to optimize their homegrown vegetables.

What we have done is take out a section of our grass near the kitchen window and cleared it for a garden. We also have an area about 70 feet from the house, on a gentle hill, that had some wasted space. That’s where we grow strawberries and bell peppers (which do very well there).

The choice of location is really up to you. Pick what you will be comfortable with, as it will form part of the landscape and surroundings you spend time in and look at every day.

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