Edible Gardens

Edible Gardens

Crop rotations

Crop rotation

Crop rotation is used to:

  1. lessen the need for pest control

  2. reduce the spread of soil-borne disease

  3. And it avoids nutrient depletion in the soil


Legumes fix nitrogen. Leafy greens are planted in that bed next. Followed by fruit crops, and lastly root crops. Then we start over fixing nitrogen, and the cycle continues. This a 4 bed rotation.

Crop definitions

Root crops - eg beetroot, carrots, turnips

Leafy greens - eg any leafy greens

Legumes- eg peas, beans, any nitrogen fixing annual

Fruit - eg tomatoes, egg plant, zucchini