market garden
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market gardens
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Chiefly British. truck farm.
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Military. Market Garden, the Allied code name for the unsuccessful invasion of Holland by British and American airborne and infantry forces on September 17, 1944.
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Origin of market garden
First recorded in 1805–15
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At the same time, the exploitation of the market garden areas of Niayes and Gandiol contributed to meeting the population's need for vegetables.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
“This is a common trend in the market garden world,” he said of the sprouts.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
Last year, a market garden scheme was launched to allow women to grow food to sell.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2017
After transforming a derelict plot of land into a community market garden in a bid to prevent a third runway being built at Heathrow Airport, a group of squatters are set to be evicted.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2014
The author gives in a plain, practical style instructions on three distinct, although closely connected, branches of gardening—the kitchen garden, market garden and field culture, from successful practical experience for a term of years.
From Your Plants Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of Tender and Hardy Plants in the House and in the Garden by James Sheehan
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