Planning a vegetable garden design is critical to allowing easy access for vegetable picking as well as adequate room for each vegetable plant to grow. A well designed vegetable garden is also much easier to weed and maintain.
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Vegetable garden planning places certain types of vegetable plants near each other, called companion planting, and thus increases vegetable production. For gardeners who need a little help in the vegetable garden planning process, there are several online sources to obtain a free vegetable garden design plan.
The following sites all have pre-developed vegetable garden design plans that present the shape of the garden, as well as the locations in which to plant each type of vegetable. All gardeners have to do is write down the names of the seeds to purchase, and look at the vegetable garden planning chart to see where they need to be planted.
BetterHomesand Gardens.com: Better Homes and Gardens prides themselves on their outdoor living advice and here they provide 13 free downloadable vegetable garden plans. The plans, which are in PDF format, include layouts for patio vegetable gardens, colorful vegetable gardens, heritage vegetable gardens, Asian vegetable gardens, children’s vegetable gardens and more.
WhiteHouse.gov: There is no better vegetable garden to emulate than the national vegetable garden planted at the White House. The White House website provides a detailed plan of the 2009 White House vegetable gardening plan which includes traditional vegetables, an herb garden and raised planters.
VegetableGardeningOnline.com specializes in vegetable garden planning and offers a variety of free downloadable garden plans. They also offer designs and free worksheets to assist gardeners who want to design their own vegetable gardening plan. Plans are available for various square footage needs depending on the size of your garden. It even has a design for squash and cucumbers, which often cause space problems by grow horizontally rather than vertically.
SustainableGardeingTips.com provides a great color plan for a raised garden, although the layout can be used for traditional gardens as well. It also includes a guide to planting companion vegetables, which are vegetables that help each other thrive. In addition, it includes several positions for flowering plants that create an entranceway for the vegetable garden design plan that enhances the aesthetic appeal.
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