Tips for Planting Your Spring Garden
It’s time to get out those gardening tools and add splashes of colors to your landscape. Flower gardens are easy to plant and care for. All you need is some careful planning and some helpful tips to keep your landscape colorful through the fall. To create a flower garden that you can enjoy for months to come, simply follow these steps:
Before you select your plants and start your design you must know the sun and shade, wind exposure, soil composition of your perspective garden site. All these factors must be considered when choosing and designing your garden in order for your flowers to thrive.
The most popular flower categories are perennials and annuals. Perennials are generally considered to be the easiest to care for but a blend of different types of flowers can give you more color in your garden for a longer period of time. So carefully choose a blend of flowers that will continue to delight you for months to come.
Planning a garden design is all about choosing a layout that compliments your house and overall landscape. For a rustic, country look try mixing different heights, colors, and varieties of flowers together. If you want a more formal look, consider a rectangular or more symmetrical layout perhaps with a border.
It is essential for any flower garden to have an adequate supply of water and nutrient rich soil. Also important is the amount of sunlight and shade, choose flowers that are appropriate for your garden conditions. If you have sandy soil, consider adding compost to increase the soil’s ability to hold moisture. While if your soil drains poorly such as clay, adding a mixture of sand and compost will help provide proper drainage. Compost is always an important additive to any garden soil because it provides your plants with necessary nutrients.
This is the last and easiest step to having a beautiful flower garden. Applying a fertilizer now to really make your perennials bloom. Adding compost or light mulch each season is essential to keeping your plants healthy. Compost or mulch keeps the soil nutrient rich and helps it retain moisture. And that’s about it besides the occasional removal of weeds. Then all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your efforts by watching your garden blossom.
Donna Brennan
8:31 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
This is the 2nd season, I've not been able to have a garden. All because of the influx of deer in Fort Lee. The deer, dine on what I have planted. They eat everything! Just as a side note, the deer have become accustomed to their environment and are no longer afraid of people. You practically can walk right up too them before they run away. I love animals and the deer are really so beautiful. I don't want to hurt them, but, I do wish I could get rid of them. There are 3 deer now, that basks away in the moonlight on my property until the first rays of light appear. I love them, but, I want to be able to have a garden again.
Remedies suggested were to plant marigolds, or, put human hair around the perimeter of the garden. This has failed in keeping the deer away. Without going through the expense of building fences, do you have any thoughts how to get rid of the deer, without being cruel to them? It would be nice to have my vegetable garden. And if I'm able to successfully keep the deer away, are there any vegetables I can plant this late in the season?
Thanks....Donna
Frank Jager
12:08 pm on Saturday, May 19, 2012
Deer Out is an excellent repellant that i have found to work great. The trick is to apply it consistently. Follow the label instructions carefully. I personally use this product and found it to work great. Just do google search for Deer out to find out more.
Buying potted vegetables will give you a head start on the spring season. Potted vegetables are available at all the big box stores and garden centers.
Thanks for commenting good luck with your garden. let me know how you make out.
Frank Jager