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How to Create a Beautiful Garden with Edible Plants

Beautiful Garden with Edible Plants Hard-working herbs and vegetables are the focus of Anna Greenland's tiny urban edible garden in Oxford. From the beginning, she pointed out the edible plants she loved and the garden was an extension of her kitchen. "It's like having a little spice cabinet," he explains. A staunch advocate of Charles Dowding's no-dig method, Anna filled raised beds with well-rotted manure and built in soil from the old lawn below. Wooden planks and an old bathtub helped maximize the growing space and an unwanted door was repurposed to create a cold frame to bring in the seedlings. More on edible plants here Anna has a lot of experience in growing edible foods. He was head vegetable gardener at Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxford, and the kitchen garden at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire was his handiwork. Now he is a consultant to both. His involvement in taste tests at Le Manoir gave him a clear idea of which