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	Further information
	For a free initial consultation, please contact David Cheetham Gardens
	email : David
	phone :
	0207 640 1023

four year rotation

Here the land is divided up into four areas, and the vegetables are divided into four groups;

Potatoes,
Pulses (i.e. the peas and beans), and in this group for convenience sake we can include our celery, leeks, onions, and shallots,
Root crops (i.e. carrots, parsnips, beetroot, and unusual vegetables like salsify, scorzonera),
Brassicas (i.e. Brussels sprouts, savoys, cauliflowers, turnips and swedes, kale, and kohlrabi) ; in this group may also be included spinach.

The crops left out are either the permanent crops that must have a place all to themselves, so that they are not disturbed, or plants like artichokes that grow very tall and so need growing at one end of the garden. Crops like parsley and chives, which make excellent edgings, and catch crops, like radish and lettuce, that can be grown almost anywhere, fitting in as they do where convenient.

Plot	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Plot 1	root crops	pulses	potatoes	brassicas
Plot 2	brassicas	root crops	pulses	potatoes
Plot 3	potatoes	brassicas	root crops	pulses
Plot 4	pulses	potatoes	brassicas	root crops

First year planting

root crops carrots, parsnips, beetroot, salsify etc.	brassicas cabbage, savoys, cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts, turnips	potatoes potatoes, celery, leeks etc.	pulses peas, beans, onions, shallots
Permanent Crops Herbs Asparagus rhubarb etc.