... dividing a bed of 10m2 into several parts, give each part a dif- The vegetable garden in the tropics 14 ferent type of manuring (e.g. manure, compost, street sweepings, chemical fertilizer, ... of garden? 11 3 Which type of garden? There are several types of vegetable gardens and ways of growing vege-tables. Each gardener must choose according to his or her circum-stances. In the ... be it in the form of a “homesite farm” or intensive cultivation in plant beds. However, many of the techniques mentioned are also applicable to other kinds of gardening. In the following chapters...