Attracting Birds to your Backyard with less than $100
May 3, 2010 by admin
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If you love birds, you’ll want your back yard to be a safe, inviting place for these creatures, and one they have every reason to visit and even nest in. There are three needs every bird has: Food, water and shelter. Providing these things can be expensive, but we’ve got a plan for attracting birds to your back yard for less than $100. In fact, you might have enough left over to pay someone to silence the neighbor’s cat…but we certainly can’t advocate that. Or at least we probably shouldn’t!
Food is the most fun, so let’s leave that until the end. Making sure birds have water is easy and can be relatively inexpensive. Consider a bird bath, for example. Rather than pay for a new one, you may find you can come up with one from what you already have. A saucer-type sled, for example, is perfect. Excavate a small area in the lawn that will accept the concave shape of the saucer and install it. Fill it with water, and you are done! Empty and clean the saucer periodically. You’ll likely think of other ready-made bird baths as you look through your garage or basement. Don’t use anything deep, since you don’t want birds or small critters like mice to get in over their heads. If you choose to elevate the saucer bath, perhaps an old grill stand will serve the purpose. These items might needs a little paint to make them look presentable, but that will cost much less than new items.
For shelter, there are many options. Birds love trees, of course, where they can nest or rest off of the ground. Local arbor societies offer small trees, seedlings, or saplings very inexpensively. Yes, they’ll take a few years to grow to adequate size for nesting, but with some long-term perspective now, you’ll create a backyard that will be the envy of your birding buddies before you know it.
For bird houses, make them yourself out of scrap wood if you are handy. Easy to follow directions are available online, and the birds won’t care that it isn’t brand new! If you choose to buy a bird house, perfectly satisfactory models can be found for under $10, so two or three won’t break your budget.
When it comes to food, let’s talk about feeders. There’s no good reason to buy them if you are on a tight budget. Gallon milk jugs can be used quite easily. Clean them out thoroughly first. Then cut a small opening in one side for birds to access. Keep the cap on it to prevent rain from soaking the seeds. Tie some twine to the handle, and hang it wherever you’d normally place a feeder. Several of these in the yard will work really well as feeders. If you find the white unattractive you might be able to paint them brown or green to look better outdoors. Buy paint formulated to stick to plastic. Another option is to buy a few gallons of water in perfectly clear plastic jugs, which won’t will blend in well in the yard.
Finally, we suggest you grow your own bird food in a birdseed garden, since a season’s worth of buying it will break the budget pretty quickly. See our guide entitled “How to Attract Birds to your Garden” for details, but bird favorites like sunflowers, millet, milo, safflower, sorghum, and thistle may easily be grown. The simplest way might be to buy an inexpensive bag of bird seed, prepare a plot of it, open it up and scatter it in about the density you’d scatter grass seed. Rake it in, cover it with an inch or two of top soil and water it, then let it grow.
If you can purchase berry bushes or grape vines inexpensively, let the fruit on them dry, and the birds will feast on it! Do some research and find out what birds prefer which types of seeds, and grow what will attract your favorites. What you grow this year will serve as next year’s feed. If you want to remove the sunflower and seeds to place in feeders near the house for better viewing, that’s an option. Harvest enough to supply seed for next year’s garden, anyway. You can also leave it on the plant and let the birds harvest it for themselves! Grow flowers that produce an abundance of seeds. Don’t deadhead them, but let the seeds dry on the stem. The birds will find them and enjoy nibbling on their offerings. Good flowers for this purpose include Coneflower, Blazing Star, Black-Eyed Susan, Bee Balm, Indian Grass, Globe Thistle, and Evening Primrose. These are just a few. Check your growing zone to look for others.
Food, water, and shelter can be provided for your favorite birds, and on a budget, too! You’ll save money and experience wonderful satisfaction whenever you watch this creatures .
How to Attract Birds to your Garden
May 1, 2010 by admin
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This doesn’t sound like a great idea to all gardeners, those who don’t want the crows, jay, or song birds getting to the ripe raspberries or blueberries before they do. But to bird lovers, this is a very natural desire. Many bird enthusiasts who also enjoy gardening will grow a section of the garden or a separate plot just for their feathered friends. No scare crow will grace that garden, that’s for sure. You look forward to chickadees flitting around as you tend your plants, hummingbirds sipping nectar nearby, and grosbeaks enjoying the dried berries on back yard bushes. Here’s a general plan that will allow you to attract a wonderful variety of birds to your garden. In just a few steps you’ll create an environment that will be very hospitable to them.
First of all, have a feeder or two out during the offseason for the garden so that non-migratory birds will get in the habit of looking for food in your backyard. In turn, they will attract seasonal birds who return from warmer climates. Next winter you’ll need fewer artificial feeders, and we’ll show you why shortly. You can probably guess!
Secondly, provide watering spot for visiting birds. A bird bath or several waterers hanging in the yard will do the job nicely. A ground-based bird bath provides a more natural look and feel, but also represents a threat if neighborhood cats are active.
Thirdly, since birds require shelter, plant bushes and trees near the perimeter of your garden, if none exist, or choose to place your bird plot near existing trees. When startled, the birds will scatter to them until the coast is clear. If the trees are large enough, some birds might also choose them for nesting. Evergreens are especially nice since they provide shelter even when the trees are relatively young. Supplying your yard with several bird houses might also invite more permanent guests to the vicinity. Trees and bird houses can be expensive, you work within your budget.
Finally, the most obvious need is for food, so grow the kinds of things birds will enjoy, and let them have their pick of it. Sunflowers are a great choice, since birds love them and they provide high protein for them. Grow a large plot of them, and then let them dry in place for the birds to eat off the flower in autumn and winter. Do the same with grains that birds love, such as winter wheat, milo, millet, and sorghum. You may have to visit your local farming co-op to get some of these seeds, but the birds will gravitate to them quickly, since they form the primary ingredients in most bird seed mixes. Many common weeds and wildflowers are also bird favorites, such as thistle and Common Mullein. If you don’t want to grow weeds, at least don’t cut them down. Seeing a finch enjoying seeds right off the plant is a wonderful sight. Also stock your garden with bright red flowers that will attract the hummingbirds in the area, and grow nectar producing flowers like lilies and gladiolus they’ll love once they arrive.
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Bird-by-Bird Gardening: The Ultimate Guide to Bringing in Your Favorite Birds–Year after Year
Birds Feeders :
Birdscapes 366 Tall Tulip Garden Lantern Feeder, 6-Pound Capacity (Colors May Vary)
Brome 1024 Squirrel Buster Plus Wild Bird Feeder with Cardinal Perch Ring
Topflight® 7103-2 Copper Triple Tube Bird Feeder
No/No C00322 Red Cardinal Feeder
Brome 1015 Squirrel Buster Classic
Gardman USA 0280019 Wild Bird Feeding Kit
Birdscapes® 367 Tulip Garden Latern Feeder, 5 lb capacity
Heritage Farms 7533 Absolute Squirrel Proof Wild Bird Feeder
Heritage Farms Bird’s Choice Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder
Garden Song® 480-12 Classic Bird Feeder
Birdscapes® 111MA Deluxe Grandview Bird Feeder, 8 lb capacity
Avant Garden 8501-3 Cottage Lantern Bird Feeder
Birdscapes® 325 Panorama Feeder, 4.5 lb capacity
Garden Song® 101-4 Dine Around Window Bird Feeder
Birds Bath :
API 645 Bird Bath Bowl with Tilt-to-Clean Deck Rail Mounting Bracket
First Nature Bird Bath & Waterer 11 x 11 x 11 inches
Farm Innovators Economical Bird Bath De-Icer Model B-9, 44-Watt
Garden Plast Promo BirdBath, White
Lily Leaf Pedestal Resin Bird Bath, 28
HAYES 24788 HAMMERED COPPER BIRD BATH
Birds Food :
Mills Brothers Song Bird No Waste Food in Easy Pour & Store Container
Mills Brothers Premium Wild Bird Food in Easy Pour & Store Container
Planning a seasonal garden
March 22, 2010 by admin
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In whatever climate we live, it is our desire to have a garden that stays in bloom for as long as possible. When the first signs of spring manifest themselves in warm late-winter breezes we start looking for crocuses to push their way through the soil or snow. And we want our beloved garden to keep producing color until the frost finally finishes the Chrysanthemums in autumn. In between, planning a seasonal garden that will produce bountiful blooms week in and week out is the goal many green-thumb gurus aspire to. When you do enough research to know when your favorite plants will be in bloom, you’ll have the facts you need for designing and planting a garden that keeps its color continuously.
In this guide we’ll offer some planning and planting pointers along with a list of favorite perennials and when you can expect them to bloom. For planning purposes, take paper and pencil and sketch out the garden you’d like to have. Let color be your guiding influence here. Do you have a circular garden? Place colors next to one another as well as across from one another that go well together. Place yellow next to red and across from purple, for example, for a richer color pastiche. Or try green next to pink and across from orange for a zestier confluence of color. If your garden is rectangular and viewed from front or side, but not all angles, your color scheming is easier. Find a color chart online or at the paint store, and select colors that work well side by side for optimum beauty.
The next step is to make sure that each segment of your garden will have color spring, summer, and into autumn. This is quite simple when you have a reliable flower chart at your disposal. See the list below to get you started, but you might want to purchase a flower encyclopedia for a more comprehensive list of options.
Remember, too, that every garden needs to be planted with the height of the mature flowers in mind. In a garden that will be viewed from one or two sides, plant shorter flowers to the front, with gradually taller blooms working towards the back. This will prevent any of your cherished blossoms from being obscured, and will give rich texture and depth to your garden’s visual characteristics. In a round garden that its admirers can walk completely around, plant shorter flowers in the front row and increase height as you work your way toward the middle. Does this seem overly complex? The truth is, when you have a list of perennials that records their expected height at full growth it becomes quite easy and very enjoyable to plan for. And when you see it come to life in spring, summer, and autumn, your pleasure at what you’ve brought about will almost know no bounds!
Okay, here’s a short list to get you started.
Spring bloomers include: Daffodil, Crocus, Iris Reticulata, Chionodoxa, Creeping phlox, Pasque flower, Lungwort and Virginia bluebells.
Late spring to early summer blossomers include: Siberian iris, German iris, Peonies, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Salvia and Candytuft, Bleeding Heart, Cranesbill, Columbine, Dianthus, Lamium, and Coral Bells.
The best choices for summer include: Hostas, Border Phlox, Black Eyed Susan, daylily varieties, Purple Coneflower, Yarrow, Indian Blanket, Boltania, Bee Balm, Bulb lilies, and Penstemon.
For autumn color, select: Assorted Sedums, Asters, Windflower, Toadlily, and Japanese Anemone.
When selecting flowers to provide a season full of color, don’t overlook annuals. They can be used to fill in bare spots, and many varieties offer hardy blooms that will continue to blossom for months!
Related Books on planning a seasonal garden
Perennials Short and Tall: A Seasonal Progression of Flowers for Your Garden (Quarry Books)
Joy in Your Garden: A Seasonal Guide to Gardening
Plants for Pathways
March 10, 2010 by admin
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Homes, apartment buildings, and schools have walkways surrounding the buildings, and these concrete paths need some beautifying! Even attractive paver stone pathways will look better when bordered by attractive blooms that complement their colors. But a major concern about plants for pathways is that they must be hardy, resilient, and tough. Think about it! These plants will get stepped on, rolled over by bicycles and perhaps wheel chairs, scooted through by dogs in pursuit of cats, and will generally take a beating. So not just any prima donna flower can survive and thrive in the tough world of pathway flower beds.
Long pathways look best lined by shorter flowers such as petunias and begonias. Trailing petunias are exceptional, in that they spread quickly and are especially durable. They are also available in a wide variety of colors, so you can match colors to fencing, pavers, or building. Annual flowers also offer a good choice for longer pathways. Marigolds are very strong and are available in several tones of yellow, gold, orange, and red. They also grow in a range of heights so you have the opportunity to use creativity to line your pathways. Other fantastic annual flowers that will serve you well along your pathways include Alyssum, Nicotiana and Snap dragon.
Ground cover plants offer another good choice for lining pathways, sidewalks, and heavily trafficked areas. Stonecrop, miniature rush, creeping wire, and blue star creeper are favorites of professional landscapers given the task of keeping something growing and flowering where bikes, feet, bouncing balls, animals, and other dangers lurk. Dianthus comes in several colors, including the award-winning Corona Cherry Magic Mix. These will endure what comes their way, and keep bouncing back to look beautiful yet another day. Blanket flowers are not quite as durable, but come in a rainbow of stunning colors and will provide special visual interest along sidewalks, pathways, and even driveways. Long-lasting and drought tolerant, they will look great with a minimal amount of care.
Resiliency and durability are not the only characteristics for great pathway plants. If you can find hardy plants that are offer a fragrant experience to the many that pass by them, it will certainly be appreciated. Lavender is an excellent example. Its gorgeous leaves and blooms, in robust plants reaching up to 2 feet high, form a wonderful outline to any path. Lavender, white, pink and purple blooms are available, and will deliver the goods all summer long.
Your pathway gardens will require extra attention and care, but choosing the right plants will keep them blooming and thriving when other plants would have given up the fight. Make sure that they have the moisture they need, plenty of compost in the soil for optimum health, and even some mulch which will protect their roots and stems.
How to Build a Rock Garden
February 24, 2010 by admin
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Rock lovers that enjoy gardening find great satisfaction in combining beautiful stones and their favorite flowers into essential parts of their landscape. Rocks create wonderful gardens. Their size, weight, and stability make them highly suited for use as a border, and even as a containment barrier in a raised-bed garden, as we’re going to discuss in this guide.
Step one is to choose a location for your rock garden. Stroll around your yard imagining possibilities. Popular options include a hill slope that is difficult to mow, a ring or rectangle formed around a favorite shade tree, a focal point easily enjoyed from a large window or the deck, or a corner of the yard, perhaps where fencing comes together. Leaf through some of your favorite gardening books for location ideas, as well as inspiration for design.
Step two is to finalize that design through trial and error, by laying it out in the chosen spot, using newspaper. Explore different shapes, and expand or shrink the design until you are happy with it. Add several layers of paper, which will act to smother the vegetation beneath, while allowing for drainage in the garden.
The third step is to form the outside border with stones large enough to create a bed at least 6-8 inches deep. Bunch stones tightly next to adjoining ones, so they will better hold the soil. When the containment border is complete, fill your garden with quality top soil. Water the soil thoroughly to compact it, and then fill in settled spots. If you plan to add an elevated section within the garden, perhaps with a smaller course of rocks, now is the time to do that, filling it with soil, also. Circles within circles, rectangles within rectangles, or mixed shape combinations can be very attractive.
The fourth step is to begin planting your flowers. Here we have to take a step back and talk about plant selection. Let’s begin with color. Different types of rock feature different color characteristics. Field stone is varied, yet quite different than assorted shades of sandstone or ledge stone. It is important to choose flowers that will complement the colors found in the rocks. The best thing to do is to have a few rocks with you when you select your flowers. You’ll easily see that some colors are a good fit and others are not. The principle is the same as matching carpeting with furniture fabrics or curtains indoors. The other plant selection issue involves choosing the right height plants for where you plan to place them. Shorter plants will go in front, taller, bushier plants should go in middle or back. The point is that as you view the garden, all rows of plants should be visible. Sketch on paper your planting configuration before you start planting. Finally, plan for there to be color through each season. Know when each bulb or plant blooms, and locate them so that all sections of your rock garden will have several plants in full blossom at all times.
The last step is to plant the flowers in your rock garden. The essential thing is to begin in back and plant toward the front, so that you won’t damage what you have already planted by accidently stepping on it, for example. Keep a few of the nicer stones set aside to place here and there in the garden as attractive accents. These basic steps to building a rock garden will produce a unique, natural space employing some of the choicest bounty the earth has to offer.
Books that will help you :
Rock Garden Design and Construction
Rock Garden Plants: A Color Encyclopedia
The Rock Garden Plant Primer: Easy, Small Plants for Containers, Patios, and the Open Garden
Stonescaping: A Guide to Using Stone in Your Garden
Garden Stone: Creative Landscaping with Plants and Stone
How to Test and Adjust Soil pH
If you’ve ever wondered what the letters pH stand for, it is “potential Hydrogen” and refers to the level of acidity in the soil. The measurement of potential Hydrogen forms a spectrum from 0 to 14, and soils that test 7.0 pH and below are considered to be acidic, and those above that level are called alkaline. Moist climates tend to produce acidic soils, while dry climates generally produce alkaline soils.
The measurement is crucial for gardening because each plant does best within a range on the alkaline/acidic spectrum. For example, Clematis thrives in more alkaline soil, while rhododendrons prosper when more acid is found in the soil. When you purchase plants, the packaging will often tell you what pH level they prefer. If that information is not present, it is likely that pH is not a major factor in their ability to thrive – that is, they’ll do well in most soils.
The key soil element related to pH is calcium, often in the form of lime. Calcium neutralizes acid, so the higher the levels of calcium the more alkaline the soil will be. Many plants will do well in most soil conditions, but for the sensitive types you want to grow in your garden, it is essential that you be able to test the soil’s pH.
Most nurseries or garden centers will test the soil for you if you take in a sample. However, most experienced gardeners like to have the necessary means of testing the soil themselves. A variety of testing kit styles and brands are available that allow you to quickly and accurately measure the pH balance of the soil in your garden. Here’s how it works: The kit contains a tube that you fill with a small amount of soil from your garden. To the soil you add a few drops of the test solution, and then you cap and shake the tube vigorously to mix the contents, before leaving it to settle for an hour. The solution will turn color, and you match that color to the chart that comes with the test kit, showing you your soil’s place on the spectrum. It is a good idea to test soils from 2-4 locations in your garden when evaluating a new garden plot, one in which agents have not been added to adjust soil pH.
Adjusting soil pH to produce a level that best suits what you are planting is fairly easy. The best way to bring soil into natural balance is to add large doses of quality compost. This compost can be easily made at home in your yard. Our guide “Understanding the Basics of Composting” is a great place to begin. Beyond composting, if you need a more alkaline soil, add hydrated lime to the soil at a rate of 4 ounces per square yard of ground. Mix it in very well and wait one to two days before measuring again. Add hydrated lime until the soil tests show the level you desire. Sandy and loam soils will respond more quickly to lime, while clay or peaty soils will require more, since they absorb it more readily. Hardwood ash and bone meal are also good sources for reducing acid levels to make soil more alkaline.
A more acidic soil is produced by adding ground rock sulfur according to manufacturer’s directions. Other, more natural, sources include peat moss, wood chips, and composted leaves. Whether you are raising or lowering pH, it is best to do so gradually, over the course of one to two seasons. This will prevent rapid changes from damaging existing plant root structures.
Once again, while most plants and vegetables will do well in diverse soils, when you have a plant favorite that is particular about its pH level, it makes sense to have a testing kit available. You will be able to give your plant the soil it wants in a few easy steps, and it will show its appreciation with vigorous, healthy growth and blooms.
A-Z Beginners Gardening Guides
January 27, 2010 by admin
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- Beginners Gardening Guide #1 : How To Start Your Garden
- Beginners Gardening Guide #2 : Steps for Designing Your First Garden
- Beginners Gardening Guide #3 : Choosing the Right Tools for your First Garden
- Beginners Gardening Guide #4 : How to Keep Pests Out of Your Garden
- Beginners Gardening Guide #5 : A Beginner’s Guide to Planting Flowers and Trees
- Beginners Gardening Guide #6 :How to Choose What to Plant
- Beginners Gardening Guide #7 : First Steps in Vegetable Gardening
- Beginners Gardening Guide #8 : Maintaining Your Garden
- Beginners Gardening Guide #9 : Lawn Care for Beginners
- Beginners Gardening Guide #10: Blossoms for Every Season
- Beginners Gardening Guide #11 : Your Garden During the Fall
- Beginners Gardening Guide #12: What Steps to take as Winter Approaches
- Beginners Gardening Guide #13: Preparing for a Great Spring Start
Physical and mental benefits of gardening
It is not surprising that a huge number of people do gardening because it is a healthy way to maintain fitness. It is a kind of activity that can be as gentle or strenuous as you like it to be. This is because you can do the tasks as per your own capabilities. Even if you are suffering from any kind of medical condition, you need to carefully consider the physical and mental benefits of gardening.
Physical benefits of gardening: First of all, gardening involves bending, reaching, stretching and walking, all for planting seeds, digging up weeds, pruning branches and other activities related to gardening. Therefore, gardening gives you good exercise, helping you in remaining mobile and flexible. In addition to that, it also helps in staving off weakening medical conditions like osteoporoses that become a common condition among elderly people.
Gardening activities like carrying water to the plants, lifting or moving the pots and pushing wheelbarrow are weight bearing tasks which help in strengthening your bones and muscles. This is also good for your blood flow and heart activities. Many elderly people suffer from arthritis and other conditions as they increase in age. In this condition, they encounter problems with lack of movements in fingers and hands and they have stiff joints. By being flexible enough with gardening, a majority of this condition is relieved by itself.
Gardening involves heavier gardening activities such as digging and lifting heavy pots as well as smaller and intricate activities like picking stones from soil and checking the plants for pest diseases. This helps in smaller movements of hands, helping a lot in thumb and fingers co-ordination. Many researchers have shown that gardening tasks such as planting vegetables, picking them up, watering the plants and mowing the lawn are no less than joining aerobic classes.
Mental benefits of gardening: During the summer and spring months, what can be better than staying outdoors amidst the natural surroundings. It has been proved that gardening in the elderly years is very helpful in reducing stress levels and keeping the people mentally stimulated. It also helps in social interaction as you may get an opportunity to chat with your neighbor while doing gardening tasks in your garden. There are also several horticultural societies and local gardening clubs that you can join and meet new friends there.
If you have chosen to heavier gardening activities, then you will feel tired at the end of the day and you will have a good sleep in the night. Gardening is the perfect solution as you get all the fresh air while in the garden. If you are a beginner, then gardening can also prove to increase your self confidence and self esteem, and at the same time, developing your work and social skills.
If you take on gardening as a hobby, you also develop a feeling of responsibility as you are the only person responsible for the well being of your plants. The condition of your garden will depict how responsible you are towards the tasks you undertake.
Pest control in garden
One of the major worries for all gardeners all through out the year is pests and insects. They are the simply not welcomed in your garden an if you give them a small room then they will finish off your garden in no time.
Within a few days, you will see your garden in tatters if you don’t take proper action against the pests at the right time. They attack in numbers and will make you helpless if you are not ruthless on them. They flourish on the foliage and fruits and make them inedible. There have been gory details of such pest attacks in gardens and in come cases the owner had to chop down his trees as well.
Gardeners generally resort to chemicals to get rid of the pests, but these chemical based fertilizers can have some adverse affects on your plants as well. But there are other safe ways as well to get rid of these dangerous pests.
To start with, you have to keep your garden clean. The cleaner the garden the lower is the risk of being infected with a disease or pests. Start carefully cleaning the garden from the fall and by the time winter sets in, your job is surely going to be doubled.
Try to dump off the dry leaves and the dead plants as soon as possible. You should keep in mind that dead plants and dry leaves are the perfect harvesting spots for garden insects and they also cause many deadly organisms like fungus, especially during the season of winter.
Thus it always a good idea to remove the annual flower plants and the vegetables as soon as they grow or full blossomed by the winter. The perennial plants which are in your garden will also benefit by the removal because it will help them to grow freely.
Cleaning the garden will also help prevent leaf diseases such as rust, blight and powdery mildews. It also reduces the chance of growth of deadly pests like slugs, aphid eggs, flea and asparagus beetles including squash and plant bugs.
Keeping your garden free from insects and pests is a tough task and no matter what you do and how much you try hard, no one can assure you 100 percent protection. It is a natural process and no one can change the law of nature. Pests and insects are a part and parcel for a garden and it a continuing fight with them.
Gardening: The Creativity and Fun Experience
The mere word gardening includes many terms. Gardening means garden preparation, garden design, getting down to garden tools and accessories, maintenance and improvement, harvesting, preserving garden produce, using garden produce, various other garden activities and crafts etc. So if you think you have passion and patience for growing plants, flowers, vegetables etc in your garden, gardening is just meant for you.
You can choose your garden design from various garden designs available. Such as:
o Landscape Garden
o Flower Garden
o Edible Garden
o Wet Garden
o Garden by Space Available
o Garden by Color
o Garden by Season, etc
Today buying a property is not very difficult. If you have enough finances and resources to check out the genuineness of the seller, then you can too become a garden owner. It does matter how much space you have, however you can develop your garden according to the space available. Such as:
o Container Gardens
o Greenhouses
o Indoor Gardens
o Small Space Gardens
o Lawns
o Yards, etc.
You can buy seeds, plants and other gardening related things from the garden centers of your area. Garden center is an organization commonly known as nursery in the US that sells all the gardening related products to the garden owners.
When you go to any garden center, you will see many options that you can grow in your garden. There are hundreds of varieties of trees that you can grow in your garden. You can design your garden in different colors so that come fall and your garden will be full of different colors giving pleasure to your eyes.
You will definitely like to share your garden produce with your friends, won’t you? You can plant different fruits, nuts, flowers and vegetables in your garden. Eating the fruits in your own garden will give you immense pleasure and joy.
Most of the times, while growing fruits and vegetables, farmers use a lot of fertilizers that may affect the quality of the produce. You can avoid eating such produce by growing organic garden yourself and reap health benefits.
When you decide to do gardening, you have to consider many things like weather conditions of your place, season, soil etc. Pests are the inescapable part of the gardening. Pests include rats, mice, fleas, pigeons, deer, rabbits etc that have the ability to harm your garden and garden produce. Watching deer and rabbits play around is a fun experience. However they can ruin your garden. You have to take precautions to stay away from these garden spoilers.
Fencing your garden is a good idea though not full proof. Mixing some spices like pepper with flowers will keep the rabbits away from the flower bed. Train your dog to chase away birds, deer and rabbit away from your garden. Place traps near your flower bed, vegetable so catch mice and rats. Prepare a deer repellant by spraying water, pepper and egg mixture on your plants.
If you take proper precautions, you can grow your own lawn, garden or landscape garden and enjoy its benefits.
