Owners of small personal plot need to plan correctly the territory, having placed in it recreation area, flower beds and, of course, kitchen garden. Conveniently placing beds, it is possible to increase significantly productivity of vegetable cultures and to facilitate care for plants.
Rules of the organization of kitchen garden
Before starting earthwork operations at the dacha, it is necessary to make to plan landings, having made the detailed sketch on paper. At the reasonable organization even the smallest site in 4 hundred parts can be cozy and functional. Near the house it is worth arranging flower bed, the recreation area is placed here. For kitchen garden less ceremonial parts of the site are usually taken away. It is important that the place was equal and dry, with the low level of groundwater occurrance. It is more convenient to place all beds in one place, it will simplify care for them. Near kitchen garden there should not be high constructions and trees shading landings.
Experienced gardeners recommend to do long and not too wide beds. They can be raised over ground level that when weeding and harvesting it was not necessary to bend constantly. It is not obligatory to occupy all strip under one culture, many plants perfectly get on together.
Beds have the strips bordering the zone which is taken away under kitchen garden. It is possible to place them crosswisely or in the form of corners. Edges prop up the boards impregnated with antibacterial structure. Such fencing prevents washing out of soil, paths between ridges will remain clean.
When planning kitchen garden surely consider preferences of plants. For example, tomatoes cannot be planted on the soil which was occupied before by other nightshade family. But landings bean or cabbage will significantly increase productivity. For the maximum fructification it is worth thinking over turn of beds, moving cultures on places of plants-sideratov. On one bed vegetables grow up 2-3 years.
It is important to define in advance what cultures want to be placed in the garden and also to consider their productivity. If the family needs potato, tomatoes and cucumbers, once it allocates to cultures at most places, having left several beds for greens and other plants: eggplants, squash, bean, cabbage, pumpkins, carrots.
It is worth providing the place for the greenhouse or summer hotbed. In the conditions of midland in the shelter grow up tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet and hot pepper, early cabbage, seedling. If there is no greenhouse, it is possible to establish over arch beds for fastening of ukryvny material. It will allow to plant seedling as soon as possible and will save it from night frosts.
What to put on beds
Joint landings will help to save the scarce place in kitchen garden. At selection of partners it is necessary to consider compatibility of plants. Some vegetables not only well transfer each other neighbourhood, but also mutually increase productivity.
Potatoes perfectly get on with haricot, horse-radish, corn, eggplants and onions. And here he does not suffer the neighbourhood of pumpkins, tomatoes and cucumbers. It is better to plant tomatoes near bean and greens: haricot, beans, peas, parsley, celery. The same neighbors suit pepper and eggplants. Cucumbers perfectly get on with all species of cabbage. Sheet greens are very unpretentious and well feel in the company of vegetables. It can be sowed several times during season, occupying any free space.
At the correct selection of types and grades of vegetables and attentive leaving on small kitchen garden it is possible to receive very impressive harvest. The plot owner can count on 30 kg of cucumbers, 5 kg of tomatoes, 4 kg of root crops, 6 kg of potatoes from each square meter which is occupied by these cultures.