To help control the spread of the novel coronavirus, employers have encouraged their employees to work from home. However, being confined in your home for weeks can become boring, and you need to keep yourself engaged to avoid boredom. Starting a garden is one of the best ways to enjoy some sunshine while spending time with your loved ones. You can plant beautiful flowers or vegetables (or both!), and you will benefit from getting your hands a little dirty.
Steps on How to Start Your Garden From Scratch
Gardening can be difficult, especially if you’re starting your first garden. But it can be less complicated if you break it down into simple steps. Here are a few steps to help you get started.
Consider what you want to plant: Have you decided what you want to plant? Do you want to plant flowers, herbs, or vegetables? If you choose to plant herbs and vegetables for dinner, plant those that your family can eat. If you decide to plant flowers for their color, fragrance, and flair choose between annual flowers that bloom during summer or perennial flowers with a shorter bloom. Regardless of what you choose to plant, the result will be a stunning garden.
Choose the right spot: Most flowers and vegetables need at least six hours of full sunshine each day. Therefore, when it comes to choosing where to locate your garden, choose a spot that receives full sunshine. If your lot is mostly shady, you may consider other plants like outdoor ferns. Keep in mind that all plants have their light requirements, which should be met if you want to create a beautiful garden.
To protect your plants from being harmed by strong winds, you will need a dense Thuja Occidentalis Smaragd hedge to act as a windbreaker. Your hedge will also act as a deterrent to pests, dogs, and unwanted visitors. What’s more, you can design your hedge artistically to partition your garden.
Clear the ground and improve the soil: Start by getting rid of the sod covering the section you intend to plant. You can also put the sod in a compost pile to decompose. Healthy plants need fertile soil, but in most cases, residential soil is infertile, wet, and too acidic or too alkaline. You can improve the soil by simply adding organic matter. To learn more about how you can improve the soil, ensure you have the soil tested.
Prepare the soil and plant: You need to work the soil before you can prepare beds for planting to allow the roots to penetrate the soil easily. To prepare small beds, dig when the soil is partially moist and use a spade to turn the soil and mix it with the organic matter. After working the soil, decide whether to sow seeds or buy young plants. Dig holes in your bed and plant them. Pat the soil into place and soak it with water. Remember to water your plants and to mulch them. Mulching is essential to keep moisture in and keep weeds out.
Create Your Garden Today: Staying at home doesn’t have to be boring. Join other consumers who have turned to gardening during lockdown by following the above simple steps to create your first garden.
