vegetable garden

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vegetable garden

A family tends to their vegetable garden on a sunny afternoon.

Definition

Noun: A small plot of land, often part of a home garden, dedicated to the cultivation of edible plants such as vegetables, herbs, and sometimes fruits.

Usage

A "vegetable garden" is a specific area set aside for growing food crops. It is typically smaller than a farm and is often managed for personal or family use.

Examples
  • We get fresh tomatoes and lettuce from our vegetable garden.
  • She spends her mornings weeding and watering the vegetable garden.
  • The community center has a large vegetable garden that supplies the local food bank.
Advanced Usage
  • "Kitchen garden": A traditional term, often synonymous with "vegetable garden," emphasizing its use for supplying a household kitchen.
    • The estate's historic kitchen garden has been restored.
  • The concept can be extended metaphorically to describe a place or situation where things grow in a controlled or productive manner.
    • The university's research department is a vegetable garden for new ideas.
Variants and Related Words
  • Allotment (noun, chiefly British): A small plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers.
  • Plot (noun): A small piece of ground, especially one used for a specific purpose like gardening.
  • Produce garden (noun): A less common term with a similar meaning, sometimes including fruit trees and bushes.
Synonyms
  • Kitchen garden
  • Potager (from French, denotes a formal vegetable garden, often ornamental)
  • Produce plot
Related Phrases
  • To tend a vegetable garden: To take care of it by watering, weeding, etc.
    • He enjoys tending his vegetable garden on weekends.
  • To cultivate a vegetable garden: To prepare and use land for growing vegetables.
    • They are cultivating a vegetable garden in their backyard.
Related Idioms
  • To have a green thumb: To have a natural talent for gardening. (While not specific to vegetable gardens, it is a common idiom associated with successful gardeners).
    • Everything she plants grows beautifully; she really has a green thumb.
vegetable garden

A family tends to their vegetable garden on a sunny afternoon.

Noun
  1. a small garden where vegetables are grown

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