truck garden
Market vegetable patch
A truck garden is a small farm that grows vegetables and fruits for sale at local markets.
The truck refers not to vehicles but to an older sense meaning barter or trade goods—produce meant for exchange rather than personal use.
Also called a market garden.
She bought tomatoes from a truck garden outside town.
Red fleshy fruits
- cucumbersCrisp elongated gourds
- zucchiniElongated green summer squash
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- radishesSpicy root vegetables
peppers · carrots · beets · squash · melons · beans · peas · corn
Newly germinated plants
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- weedingExtracting undesired vegetation
- harvestGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
fertilization · mulching · composting · crop rotation · tillage · hoeing · thinning · transplanting
Plot for growing edibles
- acreageAmount of land owned
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- plotStoryline or land parcel
family farm · backyard · suburban · hand tools · small-scale · self-sufficiency · heirloom varieties
Informal outdoor vending booth
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- fresh produceUnprocessed plant foods
- localOf this area
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
direct sales · u-pick · wholesale · bushel · crate · farmgate · market day · vendor
tomatoes
Red fleshy fruits
radishes · peppers · carrots · beets · squash · melons · beans · peas · corn · spinach
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
irrigation · fertilization · mulching · composting · crop rotation · tillage · hoeing · thinning · transplanting · staking
vegetable patch
Plot for growing edibles
family farm · plot · backyard · suburban · hand tools · small-scale · self-sufficiency · heirloom varieties
roadside stand
Informal outdoor vending booth
- farmers marketOutdoor local produce sale
- fresh produceUnprocessed plant foods
- localOf this area
seasonal · direct sales · u-pick · wholesale · bushel · crate · farmgate · market day · vendor · pricing
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Planted area for ornamental blooms
pleasure garden · landscape garden · botanical garden · arboretum · formal garden
truck gardenfactory farm
Industrial-scale livestock facility
industrial farm · agribusiness · plantation · commercial agriculture · feedlot
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