Kitchen garden

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Kitchen garden

In contrast to the ornamental garden , a kitchen garden is mainly used for the private production of useful plants , such as B. herbs , fruits and vegetables as food . The kitchen garden can also include a greenhouse to facilitate the cultivation of cold-sensitive plants or to enable them to grow in the first place; a shed as a storage place for garden tools is also sometimes available. The orchards and vegetable gardens of stately homes were formerly known as kitchen gardens .

In today's Central Europe with modern agriculture and horticulture, this has receded somewhat into the background. One reason is to be found in the fact that the financial and time expenditure and the benefit achieved are not in an economically justifiable relationship: Since the fruit and vegetable varieties that are suitable for self-cultivation are largely available all year round at low prices in retail , there is hardly any more with self-cultivation Savings connected. In many cases, employment (or hobbies ) also means that there is not enough time for cultivating and processing and preserving ( e.g. by boiling or freezing ) the garden products that are produced in large quantities during harvest.

The kitchen garden is still of great importance for organically grown produce. One answer to growing populations and increasing urbanization is the development of urban gardens, e.g. B. Tenants' gardens and allotments .

The farm garden is a very laborious but also aesthetically pleasing form of the kitchen garden .

In the case of kitchen gardens that are located in communal areas of allotment gardens, there may be certain regulations for horticulture , cultivation or “non-cultivation” of certain plants and the keeping of small animals .

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