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title: "Vegetable Garden (177)"
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
type: concept
status: compiled
namespace: pattern-language
pattern_number: 177
pattern_name: "Vegetable Garden"
source_repository: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md
source_url: https://github.com/zenodotus280/apl-md/blob/master/Patterns/Vegetable%20Garden%20%28177%29.md
license_note: Non-commercial reuse with attribution; see namespace README and source LICENSE.md.
related_patterns:
  - "Fruit Trees (170)"
  - "Common Land (67)"
  - "Half-Hidden Garden (111)"
  - "Compost (178)"
  - "Bathing Room (144)"
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# Vegetable Garden (177)

> Source pattern from the abridged `apl-md` corpus. Use as a design reference and constraint seed; do not treat as commercial-clean training data.

### Problem
>In a healthy town every family can grow vegetables for itself. The time is past to think of this as a hobby for enthusiasts; it is a fundamental part of human life.

### Solution
>Set aside one piece of land either in the private garden or on common land as a vegetable garden. About one-tenth of an acre is needed for each family of four. Make sure the vegetable garden is in a sunny place and central to all the households it serves. Fence it in and build a small storage shed for gardening tools beside it.

### Related Patterns
... we have one pattern, already, which brings out the useful character of gardens - both public and private ones - [[Fruit Trees (170)]]; we supplement this with a smaller, but as important aspect of the garden - one which every public and private garden should contain: enhance common land - [[Common Land (67)]] and private gardens - [[Half-Hidden Garden (111)]] with a patch where people can grow vegetables.

To fertilize the vegetables, use the natural compost which is generated by the house and the neighborhood - [[Compost (178)]]; and if possible, try to use water from the sinks and drains to irrigate the soil - [[Bathing Room (144)]] ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 818.
> #APL/confidence/medium
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> #APL/Building-Patterns/Gardens