The square vegetable garden is a good solution for cultivating vegetables in a small space. Attractive, economical, it is also easier to maintain and more productive than the classic vegetable garden.
The advantages of the square vegetable garden
The square vegetable garden allows small gardens to have a vegetable garden with good yield.
Numerous advantages result from its small size: the dozen hours to devote to the classic vegetable garden in summer is divided by 5.
2 hours per day are sufficient to maintain a few square gardens, ie ¼ hour per day. Just enough time to do something well done, without getting tired of repetitive work.
The costs are also reduced in proportion to the size of the garden, once the basic purchase is made. The cost of watering is no longer a limiting factor: so little is needed, and a drop is not wasted.
The interests of this type of vegetable garden are not limited to savings. It offers incomparable aesthetics . It fits easily in a pleasure garden or near a lawn, or even on a terrace. The crops are grown in a suitable soil mixture. No need for fertilizers or pesticides, it’s a 100% natural method !
In addition, the practice of gardening becomes accessible to children thanks to the little time to devote to it and the direct visualization of the result of his efforts. While having fun they can test their power as responsible for nature. And this on a real scale, because they are real vegetables and not miniatures that they will harvest.
The squares are also accessible to the elderly or those with reduced mobility.
What to plant in this type of vegetable garden?
You can of course plant whatever you like!
It is only the size of your squares that can be left to you.
In a square of 30 cm * 30 cm you can plant: 16 plants of beets, radishes or carrots, 9 plants of spinach and 4 of parsley.
Consider making clever combinations of plants. For example, plant nasturtiums between your rows of tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, potatoes and beans to keep white flies at bay.
And of course, don’t forget to practice crop rotation.
A little tip: a trellis planted in your square vegetable garden will allow you to grow climbing species (row beans, summer zucchini, peas, etc.). Also think about hanging varieties to decorate the edges of your squares.
Lack of time or space are just a bad excuse to get the same pleasures as a classic vegetable garden!