Kitchen Garden

GARDENING? DID YOU MEAN YARDENING?

Yardening is a term which has been around since the 1990s and refers to those who garden in their yard. It's become a buzz word among gardeners recently, but it really is nothing new as growing vegetables in pots and containers is something that dates back to ancient Egypt!

Last year I transformed my blank canvas of a yard into a flourishing yarden. A space 6×5m (20×16ft) in size, with no soil, just paving slabs and gravel, west facing and partially shaded, is now packed full of containers, pots and even two flat pack raised beds. What began as a bit of an experiment to see which

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