How to maximize your harvest without expanding your garden's footprint
In short: Space is often the greatest limitation for home gardeners. This tour explores how interplanting and strategic sowing can double your productivity by utilizing every inch of soil between established crops.
In this tour of a no-dig garden in SW England (zone 8b), Charles Dowding demonstrates techniques to increase yields in limited spaces. By interplanting between garlic and sowing radishes alongside carrots, gardeners can create multi-layered harvests that take advantage of different growth cycles.
The strategy relies on the fact that many crops finish at different times throughout the summer. This allows for a continuous rotation of plants in the same bed, ensuring that no space remains idle while waiting for a primary crop to be harvested.
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