Real World Gardener Creating Edible Gardens part 3 in Design Elements

DESIGN ELEMENTS <p style="font-weight:400;">Edible Gardens Series Part 3 </p> <p>Part 3 is selecting and buying the seeds and plants.Probably the most enjoyable part of the edible garden process.So which seeds or plants and where to buy and what about crop rotation?Let’s find out…I'm talking with Glenice Buck, landscape designer and consulting arborist. You don't have to go to a store, because every type of vegetable is available online, either as a seed, or seedlings.You can buy advanced seedlings as an example, from a mail order company in Gippsland, Victoria if it‘s getting a bit late to sow or plant your winter crop. <a href='http://www.diggers.com.au/'>www.diggers.com.au</a><a href='http://www.diggers.com.au/'> </a>They call them speedings, because they’re at least a month ahead of where you would be if you started them from seeds.</p> <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-al_-xzUy2PU/XuHkL1L9mmI/AAAAAAAAiH4/B_PfCGKmif8ptPkVAgo6V3ysc3I7X3JdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/diggers%2Bspeeding%2Bcollection.jpg'></a> Diggers seeds speeding collection <p>Seeds are of course much cheaper but they could be 6-8 weeks behind seedlings, especially cabbages and other brassicas which are quite slow growing.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">The other issue if you plant out winter crops too late, so that when they're maturing, the season is too warm. Warm weather can bring with it more fungal problems and a horde of insects to infest your crop.</p> <ul><li>Crop Rotation Is Important</li> </ul> <p style="font-weight:400;">Crop rotation is important of course so that you don't have a build of pests of diseases with a particular crop.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">If you understand which group the vegetable your growing belongs to, then you can understand what to plant next once a certain crop is finished. Never grow the same crop more than once in the same bed.</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Fabacea or Legume family: peas, beans</p> <p style="font-weight:400;">Asteraceae or Daisy Family: Leafy crops: spinach, lettuces, c