You are starting your own garden

You are starting your own garden.

The local nursery is a great source for help and guidance regarding your gardening. Amongst them, the most important are: how much of sun can you expect the plot to get? There is some more information which you need to have.

Tip #1: If you want to save on time, start jotting down your gardening plan on a piece of paper. Keep the plan in front of you and let the brainstorming begin. How far is the hose from the garden and are you going to need sprinklers?

Gardening Tip #2: The preparation of the soil is a major piece of the garden puzzle and has huge effects on the success of your garden. Plants have varying needs when it is a matter of the type of soil that they grow on. Use organic fertilizers if you wish to retain the natural aroma of the food when you are growing vegetables and herbs. Use any good compost or wooden chip mulch instead of ordinary fertilizer.

Watch out – as it might be truly valuable when it gives you the much-needed returns. While fresh home brew compost is rich in nutrients, it might prove to be unrealistic for the herb and vegetable garden. Though mulch is a good substitute to home compost, you have to be sure that they are either pine or redwood, as it breaks faster since they are softer woods. Whether you use mulch or compost or fertilizer make sure to mix it all up very thoroughly.

Gardening Tip 3: when you have the soil all prepared it is very smart to lay out the plants on top of the soil before planting them to get a good look at how it’s going to turn out just in case you need to make any last minute changes. According to some guides, plants with like characteristics should be planted together.
Plants with larger spread should be planted together. Then, if you arrange the plants in such a way that the taller ones are at the back with the shorter ones in front, then you can see all the plants together.

Gardening Tip #4: Remember to water your garden. If your house is very big, then watering a garden can be very hard work. An automatic watering system is a wise alternative, if you want your garden to grow on its own. An automatic system can range from a large sprinkler to a timer attached to a hose sprinkler. One of the most rewarding hobbies, a garden provides you with beauty, shade and sometimes food also!

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ABCs Of Bulb Gardening

Flowering plants that overwinter and multiply by means on fleshy stems of leaves are called bulbs. The bulbs we grow in our gardens today are native to temperate zones all over the world, the woodlands, meadows and mountains of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North America. The Dutch have been extremely successful over the centuries in collection and hybridizing new species of bulbs and improving them for reliable garden performance. Tulips in particular, once played an important role in the Dutch economy.

There is no easier plant to cultivate than a bulb. Planted at the right time, in a loose, well-draining soil, bulbs will bloom punctually year after year and even spread (“naturalize”) if conditions are to their liking.

By planting a sequence of spring-, summer- and fall-flowering bulbs at the appropriate time, you can enjoy their blooms practically year ‘round.

Fall (late September through late November) – Plant hardy, spring-flowering bulbs: tulips, narcissus (includes all types of daffodils), crocus, eranthis (winter aconites), erythronium, fritillaria, hyacinths snowdrops, scilla, hardy cyclamen, lilies. In California and milder areas of the Southwest, also plant ranunculus, freesias, anemones and paperwhites outdoors. Store tulips, crocus and hyacinths in refrigerator for 6-8 weeks before planting. In all regions, store potted bulbs in refrigerator for forcing indoors.

Winter – In California, plant prechilled- hardy bulbs outdoors. In all regions, remove sprouted bulbs from refrigerator for indoor forcing.

Spring – Plant more tender, summer-flowering bulbs: achimenes, gladioli, alliums, calla lilies, tuberous begonias, ixia, crocosmia, dahlias, cannas.

Late Summer – Plant the late bloomers: fall crocus, fall- and winter-blooming hardy cyclamen.

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