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I am planning to grow a new vegetable/herb garden. I am relatively new to gardening, so could use any feedback on the attached layout I have created. Some of the herbs have started growing indoors, but I'm still waiting for most of the seeds to arrive. I am also trying my luck at growing lemon, fig and olive from seed - although I'd be happy if even one grows, so I'm not planning this with them in mind.

I have about 16x3 meters, perhaps more. The area gets evening sun, perhaps 8 hours this time of the year, and the top edge is against a wall. I am in England, where the winters are long and it rains a lot.

Any feedback?

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moinudin
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A few comments to add to those by @bamboo and @alephzero,

Blueberries like acidic soil.

Get yourself/make yourself a compost bin to recycle your garden waste.

Doesn't really matter what you do the first year as you'll learn so much both by your successes and mistakes.

Having said that, only grow what you enjoy eating.

Consider how much room the different plants take up. Butternut squash, for example, are excellent vegetables (in my opinion) but are potential triffids when they get going.

If you want to grow lemons or figs (I don't know about olives) why not invest in a decent named variety ("Brown Turkey" fig, for example) rather than sow seeds, which might not germinate, will take ages to produce a decent size plant and might well not come true and produce edible fruit.

Get yourself a decent book on the subject (this one, for example) and, if possible, visit suitable gardens open to the public for inspiration. RHS Wisley, for example, has both a model allotment and fruit garden. Visit and learn.

Some seed catalogues (Dobies, for example) are packed full of information on growing stuff.

Good luck and enjoy.

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