A potager is a vegetable garden designed to be beautiful as well as productive.
"Potager" (pronounced roughly "poh-tah-ZHAY") is the French word for a kitchen garden, linked to "potage", a soup made with vegetables from the garden.
A potager is meant to be visited daily, so the traditional spot is right outside the kitchen.
Nasturtiums: edible flowers and leaves, cascading over bed edges.
Four square or rectangular beds around a central focal point, with paths forming a cross.
The challenge of a potager is keeping it full and attractive as crops are harvested.
Feed the soil: add an inch or two of compost to each bed every year.
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