
Coffee plant Coffea arabica
Coffee plant Coffea arabica with flower berry beans. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata dorsal view showint bright yellow and black wing cases, cut to white

Soybean Glycine max
Soybean Glycine max with pods and one flower

Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata
Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata emerging from the water with its fringed pale pink flowers and trifoliate leaves

Vegetable crop rotation
Rotation patterns for growing vegetables

Vegetable crop rotation 2
Rotation patterns for growing vegetables

Runner bean trellis
Runner bean trellis with young plants at the foot of each bamboo cane

Crop rotation plan
Three different sets of crops to grow on the same site which ensures the variety of vegetables grown won’t suffer pest damage which they could do if planted repeatedly on the same site. Vegetables shown include peas beans chicory and onions, sprouts cauliflower cabbage and broccoli, and celery carrots turnips potato and beetroot