Our garden tips will help you discover how to make to most of your garden with plants, flowers, garden buildings and furniture. It is possible to use your garden as an extension to your home which you can enjoy all year around. You will learn how to plant for all year round colour and how you can use your garden in winter as well as summer.
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Garden preparation is one of the most important aspects to gardening. If you prepare well your plants will flourish. As the saying goes "If you fail to prepare you prepare to fail".
Soil needs to be prepared well before you start to plant any plants in it. Plants will thrive in well conditioned soil and even the toughest soil can be prepared for planting. Your soil needs to be rich in nutrients and well drained. You need to plan your planting according to what conditions your plants like.
If you plan to have a lawn in your garden you should also plan and prepare for this too. Again soil quality is key, any home can have a perfect lawn but you must prepare the soil.
If you follow a few simple rules and prepare well your garden will be a triumph. Take a look at these articles:
Loving the garden as I do, I find November the most difficult month of the year. One by one the colors disappear from my gardens: the purples and pinks, reds, yellows, oranges, and even the green. I find myself just as incredulous as I was last year. How can I possibly endure six months without …
Contrary to what one might expect from a cursory look at suburban gardens, the choice of materials available for hard surfacing is very wide – it’s a question of knowing where to look. Most garden centers stock a relatively restricted range, though there are exceptions – mainly the larger ones or those with specialist patio …
Farming in the wonderful Pacific Northwest is a good way to become mental. We love it; the weather really keeps things interesting and your “plans” ever changing. Here in Washington State it rains in spring. We are hunters and hopefuls for a mildly sunny, dry day. Last season in a single day we experienced sun, …
