The development of the vegetable garden

A natural vegetable garden in start up phase

Starting our Natural vegetable garden

Step by step

This garden is specifically for our piece of land, which has an inclination. That is why we decided to build terraces. Follow the progress of the vegetable garden and the improvement of the soil quality.

Step 7 September 2023: An update and sowing the winter crops

Beginning of September. Time to sow the new winter crops underneath the summer crops. Well... Let's see how it went this summer. Update...

Step 6 end of July 2023: Cutting green manure

It is end of July and we decided to cut the green manure which was still growing. This will be an extra layer of mulch and food for the...

Step 5 July 2023: An update about the vegetable garden

Step 4 May 2023: Mulching the vegetable garden, making rows and sowing/planting vegetables.

May is planting and sowing time. First we mulched the vegetable garden up to 20 cm with straw. 20 cm is needed if you want to cultivate...

Step 3 March 2023: Sowing green manure seeds in spring

In March, we sowed over 16 varieties of green manure plants in the natural farming vegetable garden. Some of them by using seed balls....

Step 2 November 2022: Building the terraces with recycled pallet wood

After digging the swales we build the terraces. To keep the soil in place, we used recycled pallet wood to create borders. We leveled the...

Step 1 October 2022: Creating swales on contour lines

The area where we wanted to create the natural vegetable garden was quite steep, so we decided to build terraces and swales. First, we...

In line with nature

Starting our Natural vegetable garden

Step by step

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