market-garden
Commercial produce patch
A market-garden is a plot of land where vegetables, fruits, and flowers are grown for sale at local markets rather than for personal use or large-scale commercial distribution.
The term is more common in British English; Americans typically say truck farm.
As a verb, to market-garden is to cultivate such a plot: She market-gardens on three acres outside town.
Red fleshy fruits
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- cucumbersCrisp elongated gourds
- radishesSpicy root vegetables
- carrotsEdible orange taproots
beets · onions · peppers · zucchini · eggplant · spinach · kale · chard
Small cultivated land parcel
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- locavoreOne who eats locally
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
handpicked · small-scale · crate · basket · pick-your-own
Prepared ground for sprouting
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- weedingExtracting undesired vegetation
tillage · irrigation · composting · mulching · cloche · hoeing · thinning · hand-tools
From living matter
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- biodynamicAgriculture following cosmic cycles
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- biodiversityRange of life forms
tomatoes
Red fleshy fruits
carrots · beets · onions · peppers · zucchini · eggplant · spinach · kale · chard · peas
smallholding
Small cultivated land parcel
neighborhood · handpicked · small-scale · crate · basket · pick-your-own
seedbed
Prepared ground for sprouting
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- harvestingGathering mature crops
weeding · tillage · irrigation · composting · mulching · cloche · hoeing · thinning · hand-tools · intercropping
organic
From living matter
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- biodynamicAgriculture following cosmic cycles
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
biodiversity · pollinator-friendly · low-impact · regenerative
market-gardenfactory farm
Industrial-scale livestock facility
industrial farm · agribusiness · plantation · grain farm · cattle ranch
market-gardensubsistence farm
Self-sufficient agricultural plot
kitchen garden · allotment · backyard garden · victory garden · contract farming
market-gardenwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
wasteland · fallow land · brownfield · parking lot · urban development
market, garden, markets, marketed, marketing, marketer, marketers, marketplace, marketable