{"id":2249,"date":"2024-01-11T12:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feinschmeckergarten.de\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:51:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:51:18","slug":"do-i-run-a-market-garden-when-i-dont-sell-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feinschmeckergarten.de\/index.php\/2024\/01\/11\/do-i-run-a-market-garden-when-i-dont-sell-produce\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I run a market garden when I don’t sell produce?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We don’t sell produce from our garden. Nevertheless, I call it a market garden. But shouldn’t I rather call it an allotment or veg patch?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reckon it qualifies as a market garden because I run it like a professional market garden and a lot of reading about market gardens went into the planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning and Layout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Almost all beds have exactly the same dimensions (8m x 0.8m). Fleece, insect netting and the metal arcs holding them can be used on all beds in the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the same dimensions, I can use one spreadsheet with figures for all kinds of crops and I don’t have to break it down to the actual area of one particular bed. The same number of beetroot can be planted on all beds and the yield should be the same, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spreadsheet for planning amounts of seed and seedling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The layout tries to optimize the ratio between paths and beds. Paths are wide enough to secure good accessibility, but they are as narrow as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beds are as wide as possible. The width was determined by the shortest member in the garden crew. She had to be able to step over a bed and work it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The layout aims at reducing distances to work the land as far as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All planing was done in scale with a 3d planning tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3D planning of the garden. The polytunnel does not exist – yet. \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Processes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Videos and books by Charles Dowding and a day course at Homeacres, books and YouTube videos by Eliot Coleman, Ben Hartman, Curtis Stone, Jean-Martin Fortier and many others are the base for the processes to run the garden. You find a list of resources below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n