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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Seaweed for the Garden
QUOTE: I have found, through years of practice, that people garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark. Through gardening, we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.
- Julie Moir Messervy
One of the best soil conditioners you can get for your garden is seaweed. What makes seaweed even better for the garden is the fact that it doesn't need to cost you anything if you are prepared to collect it when it gets washed up on the beach, or alternatively from the surface of the water when you are out in a boat.
If you don't live near a beach then you can still get the benefits of seaweed in your garden by buying dried seaweed in very affordable packs from garden centers.
This is the most convenient way to use seaweed on the garden, as it has already been prepared in a state that allows you to spread it evenly throughout the garden. There is the added benefit that the seaweed sold in the stores doesn't smell as much as the seaweed that you would collect from the beach.
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Seaweed is also very good as a plant stimulant. It is particularly good for people who are reluctant to use any types of chemicals on the garden, as seaweed is completely safe for the plants, people and also for pets.
Many people are unaware that seaweed is also used commercially as it has proven to be a very powerful soil conditioner and in many tests has worked better than some of the manufactured soil conditioners that are commonly sold on the market.
By buying dried seaweed from garden centers you can be assured of the quality and consistency of the product and you can expect results while having the convenience of it being readily available when needed by being able to store it until required.
Seaweed has been used for centuries in gardens around the world and is becoming more popular as people are looking for alternative natural products in preference to chemicals based products.
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Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, and a very Happy New Year to you all. Today's edition, is entitled:
Making the Most of Any Soil
QUOTE: Gardening is a kind of disease.
It infects you, you cannot escape it.
When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed.
- Lewis Gannit
It's not what you start with when it comes to the quality of the soil in your garden, but the results you have when the preparation has finished that really matters. With the correct information and procedures you can make any soil fertile but the key factor here is getting the right information in the first place.
Even poor quality soil can be improved to the extent that you can have a lush garden.
Planning your garden ahead of planting will make all the difference as you will be able to get proper drainage sorted out while also allowing for good water and nutrient retention.
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Digging the soil will give you a good feel for it's quality and allow you to look at factors such as the density of the soil and whether it needs breaking up to allow for more water, air and nutrients to be retained within it.
The types of plants you intend to have in your garden will determine what you will need to do with the soil, as some plants thrive in heavy conditions, such as those found in clay soils, whereas other plant roots will struggle to get through anything other than light sandy soils.
Mixing in compost, sand, and other grades of soil when you are digging your garden can change the structure considerably. Having additional information from pH test kits will also ensure you have the right balance of lime in your garden.
You might need to add fertilizer to get the quality of the land up to suitable levels for planting but almost any soil can be made fit with the right preparation.
Consider raising the garden beds where the ground is particularly poor or where there could be problems with drainage.
Light sandy soils will have space for air, water and nutrients but the nutrients can get washed away easily leaving the plants to suffer. Heavy clay soils can hold the nutrients better but the roots of the plants might have trouble getting to them. Clay soils can also become waterlogged or alternatively in hot dry weather they can become very hard, cracked and dry.
The climate will play a big part in determining how you prepare your soil.
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Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Which Ones are the Weeds?
QUOTE: Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
- Henry Ford
I have always wondered who ever determined what was a weed and what was a flower. There are some delightful looking weeds that grow in the garden even when we don't want them to be there.
I guess the best explanation of what represents a weed, and what represents a flower is, a weed is a plant that is growing somewhere that it shouldn't be.
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I'm sure that if we started planting these plants that we call weeds, the ones that we call flowers now would start sprouting up everywhere.
I have known people who will happily leave weeds in the garden if they think their color and style will add to the variety of their garden.
More often than not however, we fight the never-ending battle to eradicate these unwanted residents from our gardens only to have them grow back faster than ever.
Adding a covering of mulch will help to reduce the return of weeds. Another method that helps is to lay dampened newspaper on the ground before covering it with mulch. This is very effective.
The problem with weeds is the fact that many of these plants are better at seeking out the nutrients in the soil and by doing so they are using the goodness that we want for the plants that we choose to have in the garden.
Many weeds also attract insects to the garden that can affect the condition of other plants.
No matter how diligent we are at removing weeds from the garden they will always reappear as their seeds are transported by insects, the wind, and even on the clothing and shoes that we wear.
Replanting from one garden to another can easily introduce new weeds so it is always important to check the soil and the roots of the plants that you are moving to ensure you aren't transplanting weeds also.
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Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Themes in Your Garden
QUOTE: Who would have thought it possible that a tiny little flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn't room for any other thought….
- Sophie Scholl
It is good to have a theme that you can follow throughout your garden and work on a plan and a selection of plants that will go along with that theme.
By having a theme to follow this will dictate, not only the types of plants that you will be buying, but also anything else that you put in the garden. This will include everything from sculptures and garden furniture, to the colors of the pots that you will choose.
While some people might think this is restricting their freedom of creation, it does in fact allow you to create a garden that has more freedom of flow rather than being disjointed with a variety of different themes that never quite gel together.
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Sometimes the theme of your garden will be determined by the style of the house that you have on the property, and other times it will be determined by the geographical location that you are living in.
If for instance you are living near a beach, you will probably want the theme to tie in with the beach setting. By doing this you are likely to get plants for your garden that are more appropriate and will endure the conditions that they will be growing in.
Plants that are suitable for growing in coastal areas will be able to withstand the winds and the salt of the sea air that could quickly damage other plants that aren't suitable for those conditions.
Likewise it wouldn't look quite as appropriate to have a tropical garden with palms where a cottage garden would compliment the style of the house.
And tropical plants are not going to flourish as well in cold harsh climates so there are many factors that need to be taken into account when deciding on your garden theme.
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Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
The Right Stuff
QUOTE: In the hope of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
- Albert Schweitzer
One of the most important rules of creating a garden is to ensure that you have the right plants for the right place.
There are many plants that will suffer if they aren't growing in conditions that are suited to them and by planting in these conditions you will always be fighting a battle to have them looking their best simply because they will always be struggling to survive.
If you have a specific theme that you would like to follow when planning your garden and that theme doesn't suit the growing conditions you only have two alternatives and they are;
1. you can change the plants you intend using to something more suitable but still in keeping with your overall theme or
2. you can change the conditions that the plants will be growing in.
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While it is not possible to change the climate, you can make changes to the layout of the garden and surrounding area to create your own 'micro-climate' with other plants or trees offering shading or shelter.
You can plant windbreaks or construct them to reduce the effect that the wind might have on some of the more fragile plants.
If you are looking for color in your garden but the plants you prefer would suffer in the conditions your garden presents, then look for alternative plants that can offer the same color but are more suited to those conditions.
By using plants that are more suited to the conditions, they will thrive better and require a lot less maintenance while still giving you the 'look' you require.
It's all about getting your planning right before you even buy the first plants. If the plan is well executed the garden will look better, be easier to maintain and you will enjoy ownership more so than a garden that is a constant struggle.
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Thanks,
Annie
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