Garden Tips and Advices

Making gardening easier doesn’t mean there won’t always be something to do in the garden. Although most gardeners take pleasure in the time they spend working in their gardens, there comes a point when garden tasks can get ahead of you, making you can feel like you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. You’ve heard it a thousand times, but do you do it? There are things that you need to consider before starting to do your own garden.

You have to start with great soil and you’ll wind up with great plants. Healthy plants get fewer diseases, attract less insect pests and require less water. In addition, you won’t have to remember to fertilizer every other week. Start with a good analysis of your existing soil. You can have all the necessary nutrients tested or just the pH. Many nurseries offer this service as well as your local Cooperative Extension Service. If your soil is poor in any minerals or nutrients, amend the soil according to recommendations, and then keep adding organic matter, like compost, regularly. Slow release, organic fertilizers can help supplement deficient nutrients, but feeding plants with synthetic fertilizers can actually devastate the beneficial organisms and organic matter within soil and only provide a short fix. It’s like turning your garden into a drug addict. It will need customary doses of fertilizer and more and more to get the same effect.

Another thing to consider is the location. It depends on the kind of plants/flowers that you are going to plant in your garden. If you are seeking for the right plants, make sure to ask those experts.  I’m pretty sure that you’ve heard the saying “Right plant for the right spot.” That’s the beginning of the equation. Of course you’re going to put sun lovers in the sun and ground covers where they can roam, but consider how well-organized it would be if you put all your water hogs together so you could just turn on the sprinklers or drag the hose to one area and be done. The same goes for plants that need a lot of deadheading or vegetables that need to be harvested daily or hourly. You can still mix in diverse bloom times and variations in color, form and texture. It’s just the serious maintenance chores that should be consolidated.