Backyard Garden Tips

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If you are dreaming about a great backyard garden you have a wide choice of sources from which to gather good gardening information. You can easily go through an entire day looking at various websites, and searching for tips that can help your garden. Here are some smart tips that will help you to begin.

These easy gardening tips will help you create your own perfect garden.

 

Basics

Three items you need to invest in when working in a garden are a wheelbarrow, a kneeling stool and a decent pair of gardening gloves. It’s rough on your knees to spend lots of time on the ground kneeling or squatting. That’s why it’s a good idea to have a portable, lightweight garden stool on hand. In addition, maintaining a garden typically means moving around heavy dirt and other objects, which makes buying a wheelbarrow a very smart purchase. gardening can be rough on your hands so a decent pair of gardening gloves will help to protect them.
Have all the tools you will need for the day ready before you head out your garden. When you are finished, put them away neatly for the next time. Something like a carpenter’s tool belt will help to keep smaller tools organized.

Tools Needed for Gardening

 

Flower Beds

  • When mulching your flower beds, aim for anywhere between two or three inches of mulch. Doing this keeps weeds down, keeps the moisture in your plants, and gives more nutrients to the plants. Mulch will also improve the general appearance of your flower beds.
  • Leave plenty of growing space when you plant your garden. Many people don’t realize exactly how much space a plant needs when it grows. Space is necessary for the plants, but air circulation is also important. Therefore, ensure that you allow for ample spaces between your seedlings.

Weeds

Looking for a natural way to kill weeds in your garden? You will need to have many layers of newspapers in order to provide proper weed control. Weeds cannot grow without light. When you pile up layers of newspapers right on top of the weeds, they will suffocate and die. In time, the newspaper will decompose into the soil. In order to improve its attractiveness, add a layer of mulch on the top.