what is kitchen gardening?
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Historically when only the wealthier members of society owned land in the form of large estates of hundreds of acres they were the only people with sufficient land to use some of it in non productive ways such as lawns, plants, lakes and fountains etc. i.e. for gardens. The kitchen garden was within this estate and provided home grown veg and fruit for the household. The greenhouses and even pineapple houses were part of this. On such wealthy estates it was often walled to create a warmer micro climate and was several acres in size to feed a large household including all the servants. Calling it the kitchen garden distinguished it from the other areas of gardens on the estate that were purely for pleasure and showed your wealth. Also it was very much a working area of the estate with many gardeners employed to look after it.
Nowadays it can mean pretty much anything. Some people use all of their garden for veg and fruit others have set areas for ornamentals and then other separated areas for fruit and veg. The name implies it's where you grow things you'd then use in your kitchen to eat and prepare food which pretty much sums it up . Nowadays it just sounds nicer than veg plot.
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The traditional kitchen garden, also known as a potager (in French, jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird,[1] is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas. Most vegetable gardens are still miniature versions of old family farm plots, but the kitchen garden is different not only in its history, but also its design.