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Location of your vegetable garden<\/h2>\n
Location is one important factor that will determine if your vegetable garden will thrive or not. Some details to mull over when planning where to build your garden<\/a> include:<\/p>\n
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You have to figure out which side of your property provides a healthy amount of sunlight. Typically, the south side gets all the sun.<\/p>\n
As vegetables need about eight to ten hours of sunlight during the growing season, you have to determine which area in your garden will provide that amount of sun exposure.<\/p>\n
Once you get the sunlight direction in check, think about the soil. Is there soil on the south side of your house? Or do you need to bring it in through a raised bed? You could always adjust how you will plan for the soil, so prioritise sun exposure over what is on the ground.<\/p>\n
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- Slope<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Consider yourself lucky if you have a hillside area that\u2019s open and sunny. That could be a great place to grow your vegetable garden! But if you don\u2019t, again, it\u2019s best to choose an area that gets enough sunshine for most of the day.<\/p>\n
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- Water Source<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
When you\u2019re deciding on location, you also need to think about water source. Maybe your slope is ideal for sun exposure but you\u2019d need to fix the water pressure. Or maybe what you originally intended is too far from the house after all. Make sure your water source is accessible when planning where to put your vegetable garden.<\/p>\n
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Bed Design<\/h2>\n
The location largely determines what style of planting system would be ideal for that space. You could go for raised beds, traditional rows, or square-foot gardening<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n
Whichever style you opt for, it\u2019s recommended to set about 1.2-metre-wide garden beds<\/a>. You could choose how long the beds are going to be, just leave at least 60-centimetre pathways between the beds. This way, you could tend to the plants without needing to step on the soil and compacting it.<\/p>\n
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- Slope<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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