What is Crop Rotation and Why is it Important

When we first start to grow vegetables, there is so much to learn. What to grow, when to grow, where to grow and so on. Once these basics are mastered we have to come on to more advanced questions like what is crop rotation and why is it important. Crop Rotation Definition In simple terms crop rotation is a system to prevent growing the same vegetable or family of vegetables in the same soil. So by using a 3 or 4 crop rotation system you keep the crops healthy year on year. That deals with the question what is crop… → Read More

Crop rotation

Crop Rotation I like to grow my produce organically (without any chemical intervention). So to keep disease at bay I rotate my crops by the four crop rotation system. This sounds complex but is actually quite simple. Imagine that the above image is the plot, in the blue section (1) plant potatoes and tomatoes and squashes then in the green section (2) plant brassicas, in the brown section (3) plant roots and in the yellow section (4) plant legumes. Then in the following year move round by one degree so in (1) plant roots, in (2) plant potatoes etc. in… → Read More