{"id":6251,"date":"2010-02-23T05:35:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6251"},"modified":"2010-02-23T02:39:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T09:39:45","slug":"cottage-garden-for-edible-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/vegetables-herbs\/cottage-garden-for-edible-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Cottage Garden for Edible Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Cottage Garden\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3007\/2884905403_9d47aba664_d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The traditional Cottage Garden was a working garden for the growing ornamental and edible crops. Planting included fruit, vegetables and herbs mixed with flowers such as Peonies, Delphiniums and Aquilegia to produce a haven for insects, an eye opener for gardeners and crops for the house.<\/p>\n<h3>Cottage Fruit Garden<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Rhubarb would be one of my key plants in any cottage garden. In addition to the fruit pies from the pink and red stalks I would allow some plants to throw up the striking flower stalk. The Sutton or  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/product\/aww3131\/1.html \">  Victoria from Thompson Morgan<\/a> would be appropriate varieties.<\/li>\n<li> Gooseberries remind me of grandparents garden and Lancer is a green mid season fruit that crops well. Whinham&#8217;s Industry is a neat red.<\/li>\n<li> Raspberries like Malling Jewel with some wire support near a wall or strung from two stout posts would also go into the cottage fruit patch.<\/li>\n<li> Currants smell so good when the leaves are slightly crushed and redcurrant\u00c2\u00a0 Red Lake and the blackcurrant Wellington XXX would fill up the patch.<\/li>\n<li> An old Apple tree in the corner may be supplemented by new <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.rhs.org.uk\/AdviceSearch\/Profile.aspx?pid=87\">ballerina<\/a> columnar trained small trees.<\/li>\n<li>If there is space for a Plum tree it will be an eating variety like Czar fan trained against a wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Cottage Vegetable Garden<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Runner beans can hold there own amongst many flowers and I am growing Painted Lady variety this year.<\/li>\n<li>French beans and broad beans are popular in my household so I will grow more of these than the brassicas which do not get eaten.<\/li>\n<li>For colourful vegetables I will plant some Swiss Chard &#8216; Bright Lights&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>I grow a mix of mangetout and garden peas that need regular picking.<\/li>\n<li>You can also get away with a Tumbler tomato or two in a front garden.<\/li>\n<li>Leeks look flamboyant when grown with\u00c2\u00a0 large flags and a good leafy marrow will provide lush green growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is hard to agree on a range of flowers for a cottage garden so I have ducked the issue a bit. Nasturtiums are edible and cottagy and where would a garden be without Sweet Peas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-363 \" title=\"swiss-chard\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/swiss-chard-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swiss Chard <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional Cottage Garden was a working garden for the growing ornamental and edible crops. Planting included fruit, vegetables and herbs mixed with flowers such as Peonies, Delphiniums and Aquilegia to produce a haven for insects, an eye opener for gardeners and crops for the house. Cottage Fruit Garden Rhubarb would be one of my key plants in any cottage garden. 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