vegetable patch

Backyard growing area

A vegetable patch is a small area of ground where vegetables are grown, typically in a home garden rather than a commercial farm.

The term suggests a modest, dedicated plot: She spent Saturday mornings weeding the vegetable patch.

Also called a vegetable garden, though patch implies something smaller and more informal.

Related

rows · seeds · tomatoes · lettuce · carrots · compost · hoe · weeding · weed pulling · harvest · mulch · trowel · dig in · dirt · sprouts · fresh produce · fencing · zucchini

Categories
Opposites
type of cultivated growing area

vegetable patchorchard

Fruit tree plantation

flower garden · rose garden · fruit orchard · flower bed · herb garden

scale of food production

vegetable patchindustrial farm

Large-scale commercial agriculture

factory farm · agribusiness · plantation · commercial farm · commercial agriculture

cultivated vs. wild land

vegetable patchwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

wasteland · fallow land · fallow field · overgrown lot · forest

Family

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