Gardening Information - Choosing Your Perfect Garden
What is the perfect garden for you?
Now that you've been thinking of a garden for yourself perhaps your considering what type of garden to create. The choices are unlimited and the kinds of gardens are as varied as the number of gardeners. Yet you will want to think about some basic issues related to making the perfect garden for who you are and your lifestyle.
A flower garden will add color and look nice in several areas of your yard. You can choose perennial flowers which will be there next year and the years to come,
or you can choose annuals which will need to be replaced every spring with new plants. The benefit of perennials is you only plant once the benefit of annuals is no commitment. Say this is kind of like dating and marriage isn't it? With annuals you never get stuck with wort's, start again next spring. Perennials you adjust to habits you may not be happy with, though thankfully you never have to worry about the toilet seat. Ha!
You must decide for yourself how much time you want to spend on gardening, if you haven't gardened before perhaps just do a little as time permits till you get a small garden underway. If you find yourself with more time, energy and desire later start another garden. Next season you will have an idea of how much time and thus how large a garden you can comfortably commit to.
As a seasoned gardener you know what kind of gardener you are and what your time commitment is thus you need only decide on how to change this years gardening from what you have done in the past. Perhaps you want to grow a certain kind of plant to blue ribbon status. Tomatoes and Squash in the vegetable
garden of certain flowers, roses to see how well you can do concentrating on one or two varieties.
Many folks are turning to vegetable gardens to offset the cost of food. It's appalling to realize that nowadays the "good" food is nearly beyond the financial reach of many people with oranges running as high as $1.69 yesterday where I shopped. If you have the climate you may want to plant a few fruit trees. I have had years of enjoyment from my two, Bing Cherry, cherry trees my favorite summer fruit.
Tip: with the demise of the honey bee in our nation, I had to order mason bees and install their nest under the eves of my house closest to the cherries in order to get the blossoms pollinated. You can order them online no problem. Also with trees you need to be able to prune and harvest, I also sprayed my trees for insects such as aphids every year, some considerations for you to think about.
A benefit if the vegetable garden is the pay off of course, fresh veggies and oh my, I can just taste that fresh corn on the cob and new potatoes, oh yeah. Though perhaps more time consuming the vegetable garden is so rewarding to work in, talk about a stress reliever. Also it is place for quite conversations with family members something for everyone to do together and I have yet to meet a child or grandchild who is not interested in the garden.
I enjoy all aspects of gardening, even the weeding as I think most gardeners do. Not only to deal dirt and fertilizer, choosing a pesticide thinning out excess plants or branches, its all out doors fulfilling because you get to enjoy the results of your labor. Indoor or outdoor a garden can provide comfort and soothing release from stress, a place and time of reflection, a family project.
Whatever your reason for gardening you've only to decide what you want to plant, how and where to plant it and then, dig in (literally).
Now that you've been thinking of a garden for yourself perhaps your considering what type of garden to create. The choices are unlimited and the kinds of gardens are as varied as the number of gardeners. Yet you will want to think about some basic issues related to making the perfect garden for who you are and your lifestyle.
A flower garden will add color and look nice in several areas of your yard. You can choose perennial flowers which will be there next year and the years to come,
or you can choose annuals which will need to be replaced every spring with new plants. The benefit of perennials is you only plant once the benefit of annuals is no commitment. Say this is kind of like dating and marriage isn't it? With annuals you never get stuck with wort's, start again next spring. Perennials you adjust to habits you may not be happy with, though thankfully you never have to worry about the toilet seat. Ha!
You must decide for yourself how much time you want to spend on gardening, if you haven't gardened before perhaps just do a little as time permits till you get a small garden underway. If you find yourself with more time, energy and desire later start another garden. Next season you will have an idea of how much time and thus how large a garden you can comfortably commit to.
As a seasoned gardener you know what kind of gardener you are and what your time commitment is thus you need only decide on how to change this years gardening from what you have done in the past. Perhaps you want to grow a certain kind of plant to blue ribbon status. Tomatoes and Squash in the vegetable
garden of certain flowers, roses to see how well you can do concentrating on one or two varieties.
Many folks are turning to vegetable gardens to offset the cost of food. It's appalling to realize that nowadays the "good" food is nearly beyond the financial reach of many people with oranges running as high as $1.69 yesterday where I shopped. If you have the climate you may want to plant a few fruit trees. I have had years of enjoyment from my two, Bing Cherry, cherry trees my favorite summer fruit.
Tip: with the demise of the honey bee in our nation, I had to order mason bees and install their nest under the eves of my house closest to the cherries in order to get the blossoms pollinated. You can order them online no problem. Also with trees you need to be able to prune and harvest, I also sprayed my trees for insects such as aphids every year, some considerations for you to think about.
A benefit if the vegetable garden is the pay off of course, fresh veggies and oh my, I can just taste that fresh corn on the cob and new potatoes, oh yeah. Though perhaps more time consuming the vegetable garden is so rewarding to work in, talk about a stress reliever. Also it is place for quite conversations with family members something for everyone to do together and I have yet to meet a child or grandchild who is not interested in the garden.
I enjoy all aspects of gardening, even the weeding as I think most gardeners do. Not only to deal dirt and fertilizer, choosing a pesticide thinning out excess plants or branches, its all out doors fulfilling because you get to enjoy the results of your labor. Indoor or outdoor a garden can provide comfort and soothing release from stress, a place and time of reflection, a family project.
Whatever your reason for gardening you've only to decide what you want to plant, how and where to plant it and then, dig in (literally).
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