{"id":32267,"date":"2019-07-18T01:28:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T01:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenbridge.co.nz\/smart-planning-for-an-edible-garden-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T01:29:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T01:29:33","slug":"smart-planning-for-an-edible-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenbridge.co.nz\/smart-planning-for-an-edible-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Planning for an Edible Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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06102015 News Photo Andy Jackson\/Fairfax NZ. Keen Oakura gardeners Will & Emma Thorp with their boys L to R Eddie, 4 and Angus, 3.<\/p><\/div>\n

Get the relationships right between elements in your garden, to maximise efficiency and abundance, writes Bena Denton<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love gardening. Even more, I enjoy the satisfaction of surveying a lush, productive landscape\u2026 maybe even more than eating the produce! \u2026 Until my fresh basil goes onto our pizza, or I look down at my plate and see that this evening everything is from our garden \u2013 that\u2019s the ultimate!<\/p>\n

So where do you start on your journey to a rewarding, edible garden that\u2019s going to succeed? So many gardens are set up to (gulp) fail. Most likely the planning and design stage has been missed and that\u2019s unfortunate because it\u2019s the fun part (for me). It\u2019s much easier to rub out a pencil tree than dig up an actual tree and move it (three times).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s assume you have a clean slate, or your existing garden needs an overhaul. What are all the \u201cinfrastructure elements\u201d your garden will need? Infrastructure is just a fancy way of saying things like compost bins, hothouses and chook coops\u2026it tends to be the \u201chard stuff\u201d but can also be permanent \u201csoft stuff\u201d like shelter or access ways\u2026 things that need to be considered right at the start.<\/p>\n

This infrastructure has requirements unique to you and your site. For example, you may like to feed the chooks as you head off to work, so the coop may be best placed near the car parking area \u2013 logical. What we are talking about is maximising the functional relationships between infrastructure elements, with a synergistic result.<\/p>\n

Here are some things you can do to get started\u2026<\/p>\n