A garden can provide far more than just decorative appeal. In fact, it is even more than simply a hobby for enthusiasts with green thumbs. It plays a significant part in a gardener's life by bringing calmness, accomplishment and a connection to nature. You can really pull off some miracles if you are a good gardener.
A handy trick is to turn the handle on a tool that you use often into a makeshift ruler. Large handled tools like rakes, hoes or shovels may be used like measuring sticks. All you have to do is lay them on the floor then use a measuring tape to measure their length. Use a permanent marker to label distances. When you decide to work in the garden again, you will now have a ruler at your disposal.
Insects and various garden pests can be avoided by making your soil healthy. If your plants are healthy, they can more easily resist insects and disease. Begin with a high-quality soil with less chemicals to avoid salt accumulation, and you give your garden an excellent chance of growing healthy plants.
The handles on your gardening tools can be used as a convenient measuring instrument. Large handled tools such as shovels, rakes, and hoes can be used as measuring sticks. Lay the handles upon the floor and use a tape measure along side of them. With a permanent marker, note pertinent measurements on the tool handle. Now, the next time you're down in the garden, you'll have a handy ruler without needing to look anywhere else.
Plant annuals and biennials to make your flower beds brighter. Fast growing biennials and annuals can enliven a flower bed while letting you change up the look each season and year. You can use them between the gaps in shrubs and perennials where there is plenty of sun. Attention-getting options exist such as sunflowers and petunias.
When winter arrives, you could save some plants by placing them inside your house. This is especially useful if you have a particular plant that you love or was expensive. Carefully dig around the rootball and replant in an appropriate pot.
Be sure to get rid of the weeds growing in your garden. Weeds steal nutrients from plants, robbing a garden of its potential harvest. Try using white vinegar to get rid of weeds. White vinegar will definitely kill the weeds! Load up your spray bottle with some white vinegar, and spray the weeds away instead of breaking your back removing them by hand.
When planting perennials, seek out those that are resistant to slugs. It is alarming to see how quickly slugs, and their cousin snails, can annihilate a plant. These garden vermin prefer plants with tender, herbaceous stems and leaves, particularly seedlings and young plants. Some perennials are not preferred meals for snails and slugs, especially if their foliage is hairy and tough, or tastes bad. Some of the best varieties of these include achillea, campanula, euphorbia, and heuchera.
Try growing some cat grass or wheat grass in the vicinity of the plants that your cat likes to eat. Offensive smells also work to repel cats and other pesky animals from eating your plants. Try putting mothballs, citrus peels, garlic and other pungent items on the topsoil.
Use these tips to create the ideal garden. You will be rewarded by healthy plants full of life. Gardening is a way of relieving stress and making the world a prettier place so go out and start growing things and bringing life back to the world.