vegetable gardening

Cultivating edible plants

Vegetable gardening is the practice of growing edible plants—tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, beans, and the like—typically in a home garden or small plot rather than on a commercial farm.

The term covers everything from a few containers on a balcony to an elaborate backyard operation: She took up vegetable gardening during the pandemic.

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companion planting · trowel · carrot · mulching · frost dates · urban farming · raised beds · garden bed · backyard garden · community gardens · crop rotation · cucumber · weeding · soil pH · kale · school gardens · sprouts · heirloom varieties

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purpose/function

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Growing plants for blossoms

lawn care · xeriscaping · landscape design · topiary · rose cultivation

scale of food production

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Large-scale mechanized farming

commercial farming · grocery shopping · factory farming · agribusiness · hunting and gathering

plant type cultivated

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Growing plants for blossoms

rose cultivation · orcharding · arboriculture · herb gardening · fruit growing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G