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About this Garden Plan

Kitchen Garden

Plan Type, Soil and Location

Garden Location: Lower Farm, Northall
Garden Size: 15.00m x 23.00m
Garden Type: Home garden
Garden Layout: Traditional layout - rows etc
Sun or Shade: Sunny
Garden Soil Type: Light / Sandy soil

Plan Notes

Garden Plan

Plant List

 PlantNumberSpacingSpacing in RowsNotes
Asparagus 1545cm45cm x 45cm 
Basil 420cm15cm x 25cm 
Bay 145cm45cm x 60cm 
Beans (Broad)
 Aquadulce Claudia
1120cm15cm x 30cm 
Beans (French) 1120cm15cm x 30cm 
Beans (Runner)
 Moonlight & Firestorm
3820cm15cm x 30cm 
Blueberry 590cm90cm x 90cm 
Broccoli (Purple)
 Green Heading Calabrese
1260cm60cm x 60cm120 days from planting out to make large green heads. For successional sowing from the end of March to July. The heads will then be ready for harvest from the end of July onwards.
Broccoli (Purple)
 Early Purple Sprouting
960cm60cm x 60cm 
Brussels Sprouts
 'Seven Hills' Brussels Sprout
870cm60cm x 80cmA rare sprout that is almost extinct, there are just a few kilos of seed produced worldwide each year. That's a shame - it is an excellent variety, ideal particularly for more exposed positions, as it has very tight sprouts on shorter, compact, sturdy plants - They are only 2ft tall (compared to 2ft6 for a normal varietey) You get just as many sprouts, they're just squeezed in more closely together on the stem. So, it is a good choice if you have problems with the wind blowing your sprouts over. Stands well through the winter.
Cabbage (Autumn)
 Glory of Enkhuisen
975cm60cm x 90cmA wonderful heirloom from 1899, this is a large cabbage for harvest in Autumn. The heads are 2 to 3 kg in size, and the pale flesh is tender and crisp. Named after the town of Enkhuisen in Holland, where it is famous for its excellent flavour and long-keeping in storage.
Cabbage (Summer)
 Greyhound
1250cm45cm x 55cmA traditional compact cabbage ideal for smaller plots, with not too many outer leaves and a nice dense conical head. Normally sown in spring for an early summer crop, this received the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 2002. A much-loved old variety that is suited to sowing and harvesting over a long period.
Carrot
 'Touchon' Carrot
10810cm10cm x 15cmA quick-growing heirloom variety of orange carrot from France, dating from the late 1700s. It is still a favourite with many growers (after 200 years) because it has a fine crisp texture and an excellent sweet flavour. The roots dont taper much and are quite blunt-tipped. It is a particularly good one to choose for winter storage as it stays sweet for several months after lifting from the ground. But also a great carrot for use fresh, as it has such a good flavour. To store carrots, it is easy, just lift in autumn once the weather has cooled, but before heavy frost as this can damage the roots. Trim the foliage and sort out any damaged ones to use straight away. Store the perfect roots in layers in sand, sawdust or dry potting compost making sure they don't touch one another. Stored in a cool but frost free place (eg a garage) they will happily keep through to the following spring.
Carrot
 'Giant Red' Carrot
2420cm20cm x 25cmDespite the name, this is not truly deep red. However, the vigour and flavour of this Italian variety are terrific - large carrots grow quickly, with big, orange pointy roots. The flesh is sweet without bitterness, while still retaining a good 'carrotty' flavour, and the core is much reduced. Great both cooked and raw. Good both for early crops as it grows quickly, but also for maincrop sowings and storage over winter.
Cauliflower
 "Autumn Giant" Cauli
950cm45cm x 60cmThis is a great traditional cauliflower with really large dense white heads, ready in the autumn. It is generally sown in spring - for harvest from the end of summer onwards.
Coriander 820cm15cm x 25cm 
Courgette
 Early Prolific Straightneck
360cm60cm x 60cmStraighneck squash from 1938 with lemon-yellow fruit with gently bumpy skin. The flavour is better than a normal courgette and this particular strain from High Mowing Seeds has been improved to be resistant to powdery mildew. We love this one because it is the best flavoured of all the summer squash we've ever tried.
Cucumber
 'Wautoma' cucumber  [polytunnel]
360cm60cm x 60cmAn excellent cucumber from the breeding program at the University of Wisconsin in the 1980's, this was recommended to us by cucumber expert Robert Bruns. It can either be used small for pickles or left to grow for use as a slicing cucumber. The plants set many lightly striped dark green fruit , with tiny white spines that come off easily. We got an awful lot of cucumbers off this one! Quick to set fruit, bitter-free, and Robert says it resists nearly all known cucumber diseases. (anthracnose, angular leaf spot, CMV, DM, PM, & scab!) You can grow it indoors or out, and we think it'll be quite a few years before we find anything that can even come near it in terms of yield or reliability. We grow huge numbers outdoors here in Wales with no trouble at all.
Garlic 3615cm10cm x 25cm 
Gooseberry 590cm90cm x 90cm 
Lettuce (Headed)
 Reine des Glaces
2125cm20cm x 30cmThe name means 'Queen of the Ices' and it is a fantastic crisphead lettuce - green tightly wrapped crisp iceberg heads, with incredibly frilly & toothed leaves around them. This one has been a real attention getter in the garden every summer. Actually about 200 years old, this strain has recently been reselected for home gardeners, and the seed we have is really vigorous.
Lettuce (Headed)
 Mortons Secret Mix
2125cm20cm x 30cmThis contains seed from all of Frank & Karen's current lettuce breeding programmes. A huge diversity of forms and shapes, and to be clear this is NOT just all our seed mixed up, but different varieties you won't get elsewhere. Its a secret because much of this great seed has yet to be named or released; but you can try it now in this special mix, years before anyone else can grow it.
Lettuce (Loose Leaf) 7610cm10cm x 15cm 
Mint 420cm15cm x 25cm 
Onion 5515cm10cm x 20cm 
Parsnip
 Tender & True
2720cm20cm x 30cmA very well known traditional parsnip variety making large, strongly-flavoured conical white roots (much as you would expect from a parsnip, really!). Our friend Tony Haigh is very fond of them, and tends to put them in everything, from curry to quiche. While this is a fantastic parsnip, we are not completely convinced about this, and think they are best roasted in the normal manner.
Peas
 Oskar
3610cm10cm x 20cmA favourite from our 2011 trials, this is a first-early variety from the Czech Republic. Dwarf plants about 3 ft tall that make extremely sweet peas right at the start of the season. It has nice dark healthy foliage and bears a decent number of pods. You'll want to grow some other peas as well, for its so early that it finishes by the start of summer, but it is great for delicious peas before any others crop.
Peas
 Boogie
4010cm10cm x 20cm 
Pepper
 Sweet Boneta  [polytunnel]
635cm30cm x 40cm 
Potatoes (Early) 1640cm30cm x 50cm 
Potatoes (Maincrop) 1645cm35cm x 75cm 
Pumpkin
 Pacific Giant Pumkin
990cm90cm x 90cmThis is a new amateur variety from Holland, which has been bred from the famous 'Dills Atlantic Giant' pumpkin. We can't guarantee exactly how big the pumkins will be - as it depends so much on the weather and soil, but they really should be very large: we got 27.1kg in the back garden without any special care. Others got about 50kg! What is really nice is that the plants themselves don't actually take up that much space, and the squash have a good flavour, so you do get to eat them as well. The flesh is crisp and sweet and can even be eaten raw like carrot sticks, or is delicious roasted or cooked in the usual manner. You definitely will not run short of pumpkin soup with this one!
Raspberry
 Polka
1470cm60cm x 90cmAutumn fruiting raspberries
Raspberry 1270cm60cm x 90cm 
Rhubarb
 Victoria (Spring Planting)
290cm90cm x 90cmThe greenish-pink stems of Rhubarb 'Victoria' have tender flesh with an excellent balance of sweetness and acidity. Once established, this popular, traditional variety will produce a heavy crop, year after year. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 120cm (48").
Sage 130cm30cm x 40cm 
Sorrel
 'Belleville' Leaf Sorrel
1430cm30cm x 30cmVery easy to grow, producing clumps of pale green leaves with a good sharp lemon flavour - great in salads, as a lettuce substitute in sandwiches (doesn't go limp) and also very good cooked in soups and sauces.
Spinach
 "Viroflex" Giant Winter Spinac
2125cm15cm x 30cmFamous for its huge tender leaves for use over winter. You sow it at the end of summer, for use over winter.
Spinach
 "Securo" Spinach
925cm15cm x 30cmSummer spinach is sown from spring-time onwards, it's a great summer vegetable for cooking and salads, but it does need regular watering or it will run to flower.
Spring Onion 5710cm10cm x 10cm 
Squash (Winter)
 Volskaya Grey Squash
690cm90cm x 90cmA new squash from the Volga region of Russia, a large (10kg or so) mid-season blue-grey squash that gains a pink blush in storage. This strain is maintained by Tom Hartley, who has produced a batch of really plump & vigorous seed for us this year.
Squash (Winter)
 Waltham Butternut
390cm90cm x 90cm'Waltham' is an improved version of the common Butternut squash: It has very little seed cavity, thicker & straighter necks, fruits earlier, and produces more flesh per fruit. It was bred by the Massachusetts Ag. Extension Service in the 1960's by crossing 'New Hampshire Butternut' with a wild African squash. When growing Butternut squash, you need to be sure you have an early strain. This one is great! The orange flesh stays firm when cooked, and it stores very well too.
Strawberry 2150cm45cm x 60cm 
Sweet Pea 5020cm20cm x 20cm 
Sweet Potato
 T65
1045cm45cm x 60cmA vigorous variety, grows well in cooler temperatures. Produces good sized white fleshed tubers with a plum skin (similiar to the South African Bush Bok). Growing season of about 120 days
Sweet Potato
 Beauregard
1045cm45cm x 60cmA bushy, vine-type sweet potato and has rose-colored skin with light, moist, orange flesh. It resists cracking and is an excellent yield with shorter (90-day) growing season.
Sweetcorn
 Double Standard
1635cm30cm x 45cm 
Swiss Chard
 Golden Chard
1235cm30cm x 40cm 
Tarragon 140cm40cm x 50cm 
Thyme 230cm30cm x 40cm 
Tomato (Cherry)
 Primabella  [polytunnel]
450cm45cm x 60cm 
Tomato (Cherry)
 Gardeners' Ecstasy
450cm45cm x 60cmThis is a new variety bred a few years ago by Tony Haig, who called it 'Gardeners Ecstasy' because it tasted even better than 'Gardeners Delight' We find it combines excellent flavour and good productivity: hundreds of cherry tomatoes with a delicious mix of sweetness and acid.
Tomato (Regular)
 Rose de Berne'
350cm45cm x 60cmThe tall vines make glowing-pink tomatoes. The fruit are quite large, but not quite as big as a beefsteak type. It is a high yielding, juicy, and particularly tasty variety from the continent with very heavy trusses giving crops of several pounds per vine.
Tomato (Regular)
 Orkado  [polytunnel]
450cm45cm x 60cm 

Planting Times

Plant List key
 PlantJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Asparagus
Basil
Bay
Beans (Broad)
 Aquadulce Claudia
Beans (French)
Beans (Runner)
 Moonlight & Firestorm
Blueberry
Broccoli (Purple)
 Green Heading Calabrese
Broccoli (Purple)
 Early Purple Sprouting
Brussels Sprouts
 'Seven Hills' Brussels Sprout
Cabbage (Autumn)
 Glory of Enkhuisen
Cabbage (Summer)
 Greyhound
Carrot
 'Touchon' Carrot
Carrot
 'Giant Red' Carrot
Cauliflower
 "Autumn Giant" Cauli
Coriander
Courgette
 Early Prolific Straightneck
Cucumber
 'Wautoma' cucumber  [polytunnel]
Garlic
Gooseberry
Lettuce (Headed)
 Reine des Glaces
Lettuce (Headed)
 Mortons Secret Mix
Lettuce (Loose Leaf)
Mint
Onion
Parsnip
 Tender & True
Peas
 Oskar
Peas
 Boogie
Pepper
 Sweet Boneta  [polytunnel]
Potatoes (Early)
Potatoes (Maincrop)
Pumpkin
 Pacific Giant Pumkin
Raspberry
 Polka
Raspberry
Rhubarb
 Victoria (Spring Planting)
Sage
Sorrel
 'Belleville' Leaf Sorrel
Spinach
 "Viroflex" Giant Winter Spinac
Spinach
 "Securo" Spinach
Spring Onion
Squash (Winter)
 Volskaya Grey Squash
Squash (Winter)
 Waltham Butternut
Strawberry
Sweet Pea
Sweet Potato
 T65
Sweet Potato
 Beauregard
Sweetcorn
 Double Standard
Swiss Chard
 Golden Chard
Tarragon
Thyme
Tomato (Cherry)
 Primabella  [polytunnel]
Tomato (Cherry)
 Gardeners' Ecstasy
Tomato (Regular)
 Rose de Berne'
Tomato (Regular)
 Orkado  [polytunnel]



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