Vegetable garden

The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. It is used for growing edible plants and often some medicinal plants, especially historically. The plants are grown for domestic use; though some seasonal surpluses are given away or sold, a commercial operation growing a variety of vegetables is more commonly termed a market garden.

The kitchen garden is different not only in its history, but also its functional design.
It differs from an allotment in that a kitchen garden is on private land attached or very close to the dwelling.
It is regarded as essential that the kitchen garden could be quickly accessed by the cook.

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