A garden can provide far more than just decorative appeal. It is not just an aimless pasttime for the hobbyist with a green thumb. Gardening can be a meditative activity, one that cements your appreciation of life, and one that even instills the gardener with a sense of peace and tranquility. The effects are huge, especially if you're skilled at it.
Gradually acclimate plants to temperature changes and conditions, if you want to avoid shocking them. Try to place them in the new area for a couple of hours at a time the first day. Then over a weeks time, slightly increase their time outside. At the end of a week, they should be accustomed to the outdoors and ready to transition to outside safely.
Choose plants that will give you the most yield at harvest time. It is quite common to find that hybrids, which are often able to resist disease and withstand cold climates, produce yields much larger than their conventional counterparts.
Properly put down your sod. Start by preparing your soil with care. Weeds should be removed, and you should break up the soil into a tilth. Next, you want to make the soil compacted by applying light but firm pressure. Make sure the soil creates a flat surface. Water the soil until it is saturated. The sod should be laid in staggered rows, with the joints offset from one another. Cut away extra sod and save it to fill in gaps you may create later. The sod requires water on a daily basis for two weeks, then the roots will have taken hold and ready to be walked on.
Flower Garden
Plant a variety of flowers to keep your flower garden colorful and interesting. Annuals and biennials can add excitement and interest to your flower garden every season. Fast-growing annuals and biennials can brighten up a flower bed, and allow you to change the look from season to season and year to year. In an area that is sunny, they make good plants to place in the gaps found between shrubs and perennials. Attention-getting options exist such as sunflowers and petunias.
You don't need expensive chemicals to treat powdery mildew on plants. Mix a bit of liquid soap and some baking soda into water. You then want to spray this mixture on your plants one time a week until you notice the mildew disappear. Baking soda will bring no damage to your plants, and will treat the mildew in a gentle and efficient manner.
Plants that climb can hide fences and walls. Climbers have many different uses and spread quickly. They can also grow through existing shrubs or trees, or be trained to cover an arbor. Some must be tied to supports, but some climbers use twining stems or tendrils and attach themselves to those surfaces. Excellent varieties include honeysuckle, wisteria, jasmine, climbing roses and clematis.
Plant vines like ivy to cover fences and dividing walls. Plants that grow as climbers are quite versatile, helping you hide ugly walls or fences, many times within only one season of growth. You may also be interested in training them over an arbor or trellis. You can also grow them among existing landscape trees and plants. Some require ties attaching them to supports, but others will attach themselves to any surface nearby. Some of the most reliable varieties are wisteria, clematis, jasmine, honeysuckle and climbing roses.
Use the knowledge you have gained here to resuscitate your garden today. When your plants are blooming and alive, you will be so glad you did. Gardening can have profound effects within many areas of your life if you take the steps to embrace it. So grab your horticulture gear, and get to work.