These seems to be the new hip term being floated about.
I personally have practised this type of gardening for years but they have eventually came up with a name for it. It basically means, forget about crop rotation, forget all you have read in books, do what you think is right and will work,mix flowers fruit and vegetables, create havens for wildlife to name but a few ideas.
Just basic common sense really
Not heard this term before but it all sounds very familiar!
Call me a sceptic if you like, but thinking of a new name for a way to garden is a commercial decision and we'll see books/TV/Youtube features about it and someone will be everyone's favourite "Intuitive gardener".
I nominate you, Vinny.
I nominate Vinny too
Intuitive gardening eh? Not heard of it before, but ok, I'll intuitively go with that!
I did a bit of that today actually. I figured that the tomato would be happy next to the cucumber and planted them next to each other, since they go so well in a salad
Vinny and I have a similar take on gardening - but he's better at it than me.
I recon that most older gardeners will do intuitive gardening, so Vinny and Veggie no doubt both work that way, the two of them could do a utube presentation with SarrissUK doing the younger presenter bit though I don't suppose it would be noticed
(19-07-2020, 09:53 PM)Curly Wrote: [ -> ]I recon that most older gardeners will do intuitive gardening, so Vinny and Veggie no doubt both work that way, the two of them could do a utube presentation with SarrissUK doing the younger presenter bit though I don't suppose it would be noticed
haha shall I do my best Ulrika Johnson impression?
I am a two chance gardener....it grows or it doesn't
My first garden came as a package with a husband and a house - and I didn't have a clue how to garden (or clean a house!). I read books, watched TV and it seemed you had to plant in rows, rotate crops, use plenty of artificial fertiliser/sprays - but that's no good when you have a small garden and want to grow lots of different things - so I experimented to see what would work and what wouldn't - and I've been doing that ever since.
Maybe its intuition, maybe its experience? All I know is, I still cannot plant anything in a row, rotate crops or use artificial fertilisers or pesticides - and I've been growing tomatoes and courgettes every year since that first year!