Top 10 gardening tips
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by: Martyna Sroka
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Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 Time: 11:23 PM
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It is important to make sure, before you begin work on your garden, that you know how to treat plants, keep surroundings safe for plants and maintain your garden. Below are ten gardening tips:
If you are a beginner you can pay attention to garden magazines and books. These will point you to the correct equipment to buy. Garden furniture and equipment is available at retailers like Argos and also online retailers like amazon.co.uk and from independent sellers who specialise in selling garden equipment, at a cheaper price, usually on sites like eBay.
Plan out your garden before you start, this follows on from following tips from these books and magazines. You can design your garden and visualise in your mind how you want it to look. Need some considerations such as plant height, proximity to water source and sun‘s position.
The soil should be good enough to allow roots to grow. A large quantity of water is needed in the soil to allow the roots to develop properly and plants to grow well. It is important to know that different plants need different soil types. You can water them the normal way or harvest rain water. This can hydrate plants at the same time as reducing your water bills. Rain water can be stored using special water accumulating containers.
It is best also to protect from garden pests. This can be done by using pesticides to keep pests from damaging plant life in your garden or disrupting any local wildlife.
It is important to water your garden on a regular basis. This may be basic but is essential for plant survival. You may have an automatic watering system that can keep your garden fresh by sprinkling water over your plants.
You should also try to attract local wildlife to your garden. For example, you could buy a bird house and bird food or plant an area of wildflower seeds to make your garden more wildlife friendly.
Use fertilisers to give plants the essential nutrients they need and make your plants grow strong and healthy as a result. It is best to regularly apply fertilisers to maintain steady growth of your plants. Without fertilisers your plants will not grow as fast as you want them to.
There needs to be a good degree of weed control in your garden. Weeds are an untidy burden that takes up any space that can be found in your garden. They also steal nutrients of other plants in your garden. You need to regularly cut weeds to make sure they do not keep growing bigger.
Drainage is also an important gardening tip. You will need to add holes to the bottom of the plant container as without the proper soil drainage the water can remain in the pot and the roots will rot as a result.
The final tip is to generally aim to maintain your garden. By maintaining your garden and taking a bit of pride in it such as planting new seeds, attractive new plants, a water feature or stepping stones for example, you may feel that an attractive garden is a motive for making your garden worth maintaining.
These ten gardening tips are easy to follow. It is best to be aware of the basics and how to look after plants and keep your garden preserved through all seasons.
About the Author
U.K based journalist, Martyna Sroka writes about fashion, online shopping, food and drink, home and garden and other online shopping experiences, industries and outlets including : Amazon, eBay and Argos Argos.
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