Gardening is more than decorating your yard. It isn’t just a hobby or pastime for green-thumbed enthusiasts. Gardening can have a very calming effect, and can really slow life down a bit, allowing you to find your inner peace. Once you develop some skill, you can make a profound effect.
Put down sod correctly. Get your soil ready before you lay the sod. Break the soil into fine tilth and make sure you remove any weeds as well. Lightly, but firmly compact the soil, making sure it is flat. Thoroughly moisten the soil. You want the sod laid down in staggered rows, and the joints to be offset from each other. Sod should be firm and have an even, flat surface without gaps. Water the sod every day for a couple of weeks. Then it should be rooted well and ready for foot traffic.
Look for the variants of a plant that offer the highest yield. In most circumstances, a cold-tolerant or disease-resistant hybrid will have a higher yield when compared to a more traditional variety.
Use annuals and biennials to brighten your flower garden. Annuals and biennials that grow quickly can really wake up your flower beds, and they allow you to have a new garden look every season or every year, if you choose to. If there are gaps between the perennials and shrubs you have planted in a sunlit area, try filling those gaps with annuals and biennials. Some excellent choices include rudbeckia, hollyhock, sunflower, cosmos, petunia and marigold.
When winter arrives, you can save some plants by placing them in your home. Your best bet would be try to save the best or most hearty plants. Carefully dig up the plants, using caution not to disturb the roots, then transfer into a pot.
Your soil needs to be of good quality before you start a garden. Pay a small fee to have your soil analyzed, and you’ll be glad that you did when you understand what nutrients your soil is lacking. The cost of the analysis will be easily offset by the benefits of a healthy and vibrant crop.
Soak seeds overnight, preferably in a cool, dark place. Place some seeds into a small container, then fill it with water until it is almost to the top. This lets water soak into the seeds, giving them an extra boost of hydration when they start growing. The seeds will most likely survive and mature this way.
Try growing wheat grass or cat grass in the area of the plants your cat wants to eat. It may also work to add citrus peelings or mothballs to the soil of the plants, because the odor is unpleasant to cats.
Use the tips you just read to revitalize your garden with your new found green thumb. You will be glad you did when you see your plants alive and blooming. Horticulture has the potential to change your whole outlook on life, if you let it. So get started today!