There are many things to consider when striving for beautiful and healthy garden plants. If you go in without knowing what you’re doing, you’ll be putting in a lot of hard work for nothing. You’ll never experience the fun that comes with gardening. Here are a collection of nifty little gardening tips that will make the your time spent outside more fun and less demanding.
Choose perennials that are not vulnerable to attack by slugs. Snails and slugs can quickly wreak havoc on a garden. Snails and slugs like to eat perennials with smooth and thin leaves, especially if they are young plants. You can discourage snails and slugs from eating your perennials by choosing plants with tougher or distasteful foliage. Good choices in this category are plants such as achillea, campanula, and euphorbia. Heuchera and helleborus also work well.
If beautiful flowers throughout the warmer months are important to you, make sure you put bulbs into the ground. A hardy perennial addition to your garden, bulbs will continue to delight every year. Choose from the variety of bulbs that bloom at various times of the growing season for a garden of color all spring and summer long.
When fall arrives, it’s time to plant your autumn vegetables. Try using a pumpkin as a natural plant pot. You can plant fall vegetables such as lettuce in an empty pumpkin shell. When you have finished cutting and cleaning the pumpkin, spray it with some liquid that will stave off wilting to keep it from rotting. Once this is done, you are ready to plant!
When mowing your lawn, be careful not to cut the grass too far down. If you leave more height to your grass, the roots will grow deeper into the soil, making the lawn stronger and more resistant to drying out. If the grass is too short that will lead to shallow roots, which will cause a brown and dried-out lawn.
If you are looking for an all-natural, organic way to weed your garden, consider “boiling off” the weeds. The safest herbicide that you can use in your garden is a simple pot of boiling water. Although this method is organic, it does pose a danger to your plants. Boiling water kills weeds by destroying their roots. Weeds won’t be able to survive, never mind grow, with damaged weeds.
Pest control can be very difficult when dealing with a vegetable garden. Avoid spraying harsh chemicals on fruits and vegetables destined for your table. Remain vigilant to control your garden pests. When you see bugs, remove them by hand before they have a chance of spreading.
You never want to do any gardening with open wounds, so make sure everything is completely healed up before you begin; otherwise, you run the risk of your cut being exposed to dangerous chemicals and dirt. Cuts have a much higher likelihood of getting infected if they are in contact with dirt when you garden. The key is to use bandages capable of covering cuts in their entirety.
Flower Bed
Use approximately two or three inches of natural, organic material as some mulch in every single flower bed. Mulch discourages weeds and helps retain moisture while adding nutrients to your flower bed. This will also make your flowers appear beautiful and finished all year long.
It never hurts to keep a few bags around the house to protect your floors from dirty gardening shoes. Having these available lets you keep your flow in movement, and helps you return to your horticulture fast so you can finish up your day.
One of the most important things to consider when plotting your garden is to make note of your available space. You can underestimate how much space you need when they are growing. You will need to provide this space to provide ample room and because you need air circulating to your garden. Make sure your seeds have a good amount of space between each other for optimal growth.
With these tips, you’re better equipped to grow the most beautiful garden you can imagine. In learning how to create your dream garden, you’ll also be growing as a person. That’s because learning how to nurture your plants will not only help you reach the goal of having a great garden, but it will help you learn to nurture yourself.
Originally posted 2013-06-21 02:42:10.
