Elevate your backyard veggie patch into a work of sophisticated and stylish art. Kitchen Garden Revival guides you through every aspect of kitchen gardening, from design to harvesting. Author Nicole Johnsey Burke, founder of Rooted Garden, one of the leading US culinary landscape companies, and Gardenary, an online kitchen gardening education and resource company, leads the way with expert advice. Participating in the grow-your-own movement is important to both reduce your food miles and control what makes it onto your family's table. If you've hesitated to take part because installing and caring for a traditional vegetable garden doesn't seem to suit your life or your sense of style, Kitchen Garden Revival is here to show you there's a better, more beautiful way to grow food. Instead of row after row of cabbage and pepper plants plunked into a patch of dirt in the middle of the yard, kitchen gardens are attractive, highly tailored food gardens consisting of easy-to-maintain raised planting beds laid out in an organized geometric pattern.Offering both four seasons of ornamental interest and plenty of fresh, homegrown fruits, vegetables, and herbs, kitchen gardens are the way to grow your own food in a fashionable, modern, and practical way. Kitchen gardens were once popular features of the European and early American landscape, but they fell out of favor when our agrarian roots were displaced by industrialization. With this accessible and inspirational guide, Nicole aims to return the kitchen garden to its rightful place just outside of every backdoor. Learn the art of kitchen gardening as you discover:
What characteristics all kitchen gardens have in common
How to design and install gorgeous kitchen garden beds using metal, wood, or stone
Why raised beds mean reduced maintenance
What crops are best for your kitchen garden
A planting, tending, and harvesting plan developed by a pro
Season-by-season growing guides
It's time to join the Kitchen Garden Revival and start growing your own delicious, organic food.
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CHAPTER ONE: SITE:Find the Perfect Kitchen Garden Spot
CHAPTER TWO: GATHER:Select Your Kitchen Garden Elements
CHAPTER THREE: FRAME:Install the Kitchen Garden Structures
CHAPTER FOUR: FILL:Add Soil and Water
CHAPTER ONE SITE
Find the Perfect Kitchen Garden Spot
Picture a place thatās special to youāa spot you head to take a break, enjoy yourself, discover something new, spend time with people you love, or just reconnect with nature.
Now tell me: Did you picture a place far away or one nearby? Were you home or did you skip town? And, if you had to leave town (and most people do), do you think itās possible to create a space that could be all those things but, instead, is right outside your back door?
Imagination, meet kitchen garden, a retreat and a getaway waiting for you in the backyard, on the porch, or just along the fence, your new escape from reality even when reality is just a few steps away.
In this chapter, youāll face the challenging task of picking the site for your kitchen garden.
Choosing your kitchen gardenās location can be a tough decision. Itās one of the key tasks our garden coaches at Gardenary and my team at Rooted Garden do every day: we help clients make the choice between the left side of the backyard, the spot along the driveway, or the space next to the patio.
Choosing the location for your garden is tough for good reasonālocation means everything. In some cases, the decision may have already been made for you if you have only limited space, just a patio, or only one patch of ground that gets sunlight. And, for others, you may have countless spaces where a garden could belong. In both scenarios, thereās more to the decision than you think.
Letās start with a message for the perfectionists and overachievers: thereās no such thing as a perfect location. At least, itās very rare that youāll find it, especially if you live in the city.
But even without a perfect spot, delicious food will grow beautifully in the space you have available. Something edible, possibly dozens of edible choices, will thrive in your space. Thereās always room for you to grow your self.
Key Site Considerations
Picking the best spot for your kitchen garden isnāt just about opinion or the flip of a coin. Itās about balancing priorities and considerations. After designing hundreds of gardens, Iāve created a system that works to help you sort through the options.
There are four key aspects to consider before choosing your kitchen garden site:
Large enough space for your desired garden size and shape
My very scientific calculation has determined that exactly 60 percent of this decision should be based on sunlight; 20 percent on water accessibility; and the final 20 percent of the decision is split between convenience and aesthetics.
Itās true. I did say thereās no such thing as a perfect spot for the kitchen garden, but there is a perfect formula. As you select your garden location, the goal is to find a location that matches this blueprint as closely as possible: receives six or more hours of sunlight per day, is near a water source, and is located as close to the kitchen and your everyday activities as possible. You also want a spot that will tie in well to the rest of your landscape and is able to accommodate the size necessary to hold the amount of vegetables and fruit youād like to harvest.
Each of these aspects should be considered, as...
Table of contents
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Preface
Introduction. Whatās a Kitchen Garden and Why Itās Time for a Revival
Part One: Creating the Kitchen Garden
Part Two: Growing the Kitchen Garden
Appendix One: How to Take the Next Step in the Kitchen Garden Revival
