{"id":4342,"date":"2009-07-22T06:34:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T13:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4342"},"modified":"2009-07-22T06:34:57","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T13:34:57","slug":"ornamental-vegetable-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/ornamental-vegetable-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Ornamental Vegetable Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"beans\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2550\/3745418207_ca413572cf.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/>Runner Beans offer a great combination of delicate flowers and tasty runner beans<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Runner Beans\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2608\/3745419837_2047043bd2.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/>Runner Bean<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"vegetable plot\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2624\/3746207866_30f537e1ab.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/>Unfortunately, there is a conflict between aesthetics and practicality. This netting is highly effective in keeping out pests like pigeons and rabbits but, is not so easy on the eye. On the other hand, it keeps the leaves in great shape.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"veg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2578\/3746198842_7db3bb57bc.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t feel the vegetable garden has to be separated from main garden. Work to integrate vegetables into the main garden. This runner bean fits easily into the scheme of an herbaceous border.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"purple\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2464\/3670580197_87f929cdb2.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"Purple coloured mange tout\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purple coloured mange tout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lettuce\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2483\/3670575415_282ff68933.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"Brightly Coloured Lettuce\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brightly Coloured Lettuce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Tips for Ornamental Vegetable Gardening.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There is great beauty in simplicity and order. A vegetable garden can give this.<\/li>\n<li>Look out for unusual varieties. e.g. the purple mange tout.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the different shades of green that you can grow with vegetables.<\/li>\n<li>Keep on top of the pest to avoid disfigured leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-for-a-drought\/\">Vegetables for draught<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/tips-for-growing-organic-vegetables\/\">Tips for growing organic vegetables<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runner Beans offer a great combination of delicate flowers and tasty runner beans Runner Bean<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}