"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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There is a programme currently on TV about growing your own veg and it is
claimed that a plot 3 metres (10 feet) square can provide you with veg all
years round.

Is that really possible?

Alan

and what about the stuff that dies, do you stop eating for a month waiting
for replacements to grow? What about crop rotation, companion planting etc.
It takes a while for new gardeners to catch on to skills around rotation,
inter cropping and the like. What if you put down a crop of potatos, where
else do you plant whilst they grow?

I have several garden wider than 1m and longer than 3 m (ie, each more than
3m square). 1 is 2/3 full of potatos, which take months to grow, and 1/3
with peas which mildew has just got. Another is 2/3 full of tomato plants
(which blight is having a merry time with) and the rest of the area broccoli
and beetroot. If the tomatos follow the peas I am supposed to stop eating
veges for a while.

If you are new to gardening unless you constantly watch for disease and
pests the crop may go west, by the time you figure out what the disease is
it is to late.

Only way I can see it working really successfully is if you resort to things
like green leaf veges like lettuce, carrots and continually plant, keep the
soil working 365 days, keep things growing with artificial fertilisers, use
sprays and buy young plants from a nursery ready propogated on an ongoing
basis.

rob