Vegetable garden

The central part of the garden is the vegetable garden of ca. 260 m², or actually the vegetable gardens. We have 3 vegetable garden areas with each 7 plots that are in a sever-year crop rotation. This means that vegetables of the same plant family (legumes, brassicas,…) are grown on 5 plots, while two plots remain unused and are planted only with green manure such as red clover.

Vegetables we typically grow each season:

Aizoaceae

• New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides)

Amaranthaceae

• Beet (Beta vulgaris)
• Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
• Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. cicla)

Amaryllidaceae

• Garlic (Allium sativum)
• Leek (Allium porrum)
• Onion (Allium cepa)

Apiaceae

• Carrot (Daucus carota)
• Celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum)
• Celery (Apium graveolens)
• Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)

Asteraceae

• Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
• Cos lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. longifolia)
• Cutting lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. crispa)
• Head lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata)

Brassicaceae

• Arugula/Wild rocket (Eruca sativa and Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
• Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica)
• Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
• Curly kale (Brassica oleracea var. sabellica)
• Japanese mustard (Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica)
• Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes)
• Lacinato kale (Brassica oleracea var. palmifolia)
• Pak-choi (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis)
• Radish (Raphanus sativus)
• Red and white cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
• Savoy cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. sabauda)
• Siberian kale (Brassica napus var. pabularia)
• Tatsoi (Brassica narinosa)
• Turnip (Brassica rapa)

Cucurbitaceae

• Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima)
• Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo var. giromontiina)

Fabaceae

• Broad bean (Vicia faba)
• Garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
• Pea (Pisum sativum)

Polygonaceae

• Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum)

Rosaceae

• Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa)

Solanaceae

• Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
• Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Additionally we try out new species and varieties each year.