If you dream of having green, beautiful, and healthy plants in your very own garden, there are lots of things you should probably think about in order to achieve that goal. 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. This article has some advice for having more fun and less work in your garden.
Transform your gardening tool handles into clever measurement rulers. You can use shovels or rakes as measuring sticks. Place the handles on the floor to measure the distance between them. Paying close attention to the measurements, use a black marker to establish each interval along the handle’s side in a clearly visible manner. Now when you go to work in the garden, you will have a ruler that is large at your fingertips!
Having healthy soil in your garden is your number one defense against pests! If your plants are healthy, they can more easily resist insects and disease. Healthy, rich soil with fewer chemicals will increase the yield of your plants, and reduce accumulated salts.
Baking Soda
If your plants have a powdery mildew, don’t use expensive chemicals on them. Combine baking soda with a small dollop of liquid soap and add it to water. Spray this on the plants once per week until that mildew goes away. Do not worry about your plants; the baking soda cannot harm them.
If you want to cover up your walls or fences, make sure that you specifically use climbing plants. Climbing plants can cover a wall after one growing season only. They may also grow through tress and shrubs that are already grown, or you can train them to cover your arbor. Sometimes the plants will require being tied to supports, but some climbers will attach themselves naturally. Some of these plants include, wisteria, jasmine, climbing roses, clematis, honeysuckle!
Transplanting plants and bringing them indoors can protect them from harsh winters. Maybe you could pick out the most expensive plants or the most hardy ones. When you dig up the plant, carefully avoid the roots then place it in a container.
Keep an eye open for stink bugs in your garden, especially during the fall months. They like fruits, as well as peppers, beans and tomatoes. They can do serious damage in your garden, so look for an effective method of reducing their population.
Pull all the weeds in your garden. Weeds and gardens do not mix; they will destroy your garden. White vinegar has been known to kill weeds quickly. Weeds can be killed by white vinegar! Use a spray bottle full of white vinegar and you won’t have to use your hands.
Vegetables are softer in the heat of the hottest part of the day; even gently picking them at that time can damage them. You should also be sure to cut them off the vine and not twist them, as twisting can hurt the plant.
In order to bring in good insects to your garden, you need to plant heather. Bees like it because it gives them nectar in the springtime. Heather doesn’t usually require a lot of tending, so spiders, ground beetles and other good bugs like to call it home. Protect yourself from being surprised by these bugs by donning gardening gloves before disturbing your heather beds.
Ward off certain diseases that plague plants with the use of aspirin. An aspirin and a half, dissolved in about two gallons of fresh water, is great for your plants. Then spray your plants with this mixture to stave off diseases. Try spraying your plants with this around every three weeks.
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 2013-09-21 12:41:40.
