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Gardening for Produce


Eating fruit or vegetables which you have grown yourself can be very rewarding.

Planning
You need to decide about issues such as the site and the type of soil, does the soil need improving with organic matter and whether to plant seeds or to buy seedlings.

For information about growing vegetables, soft fruit or tree fruit see www.garden.ie/Pages/gardening-know-how/index.html Click on the links Vegetable Growing, Soft Fruit or Tree Fruit.

www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module7/
This website has a section on The Productive Garden. It is very well laid out in modular form with a step by step guide to growing fruit and vegetables.

Click on the first link on the left hand side of page to get help to set up your plot

For more information on planning and growing fruit and vegetables, see
www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_index.shtml
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