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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Understanding Soil
QUOTE: All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
- Indian Proverb
Understanding the role that soil plays in the garden is one of the best assets that you can have as a gardener.
It is this knowledge that will allow you to create a healthier environment for your plants and get the maximum benefits from them.
In doing so, you will also make your own life easier, as a garden that is well managed from the soil up, is a garden that is a lot easier to manage, from one day to the next.
A garden that has good soil that has been fed with good nutrition over time will make growing almost anything easy for even the least experienced gardener.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/soil.html
So how to you get good soil?
First you need to consider how plants grow and how they get their nutrition and that is through their roots.
Therefore, in order for the plants to grow well, they need to be in soil that allows their roots to get to the nutrition.
Obviously compact ground with little water, little air and poor nutrition will not produce the best plants.
Plants need water and air and this requires soil that has spaces to hold this air and water.
Therefore soil that is aerated will generally produce a better garden. Once again it is all about balance, as soil that is too crumbly might not hold the nutrients as well, where the water might wash them away. The soil also needs to be firm enough to support the growth of the plant otherwise it will topple over at the first sign of a wind.
The soil needs to have suitable nutrients and if any of these nutrients are out of balance, the pH scale that measures whether the soil is acidic or alkaline, will show why they are having difficulty absorbing the nutrients.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/soil.html
Thanks,
Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Paving and Walkways
QUOTE: Every garden-maker should be an artist along his own lines. That is the only possible way to create a garden, irespective of size or wealth
- Vita Sackville-West
Laying good paving and walkways around your garden can add considerably to the number of months during the year when you will be able to enjoy your garden and whether or not you will be able to work in it.
During the wet season, unless you have suitable areas to walk without the ground turning to mush and mud, you won't be able to access your garden to do the necessary maintenance.
Paving can also add to the style of your garden by adding a border that will set off the plants.
It also allows you to add drainage and redirect water that could end up flowing into the garden and causing damage to the plants by letting them get waterlogged.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/gardencenter.html
Paving is also a good alternative for people who don't like mowing lawn as it is virtually maintenance free if it has been prepared and laid correctly.
Another advantage of paving is the fact that you can transport all your garden needs around the garden more easily when you have a firm surface to run wheel barrows and trolleys on.
You can also place garden furniture on paving if you allow for a little more area and this will enhance your outdoor living space, allowing for excellent and dry entertaining areas throughout the year.
You can get paving quite cheap particularly if you use second hand materials such as bricks.
While this might not sound very appealing, secondhand bricks already have that chipped and weathered look that can look really good when laid as a path and can often blend in with the garden better than new pavers.
One thing that you will need to consider when laying pavers, and particularly when using seconds, is to ensure that the walking surface doesn't have any areas where someone might trip and fall when they are walking.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/gardencenter.html
Thanks,
Annie
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
Lawn Care and Preparation
QUOTE: All through the long winter, I dream of my garden.
On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the soft earth.
I can feel its energy, and my spirits soar
- Helen Hayes
There is nothing quite like a good condition, well maintained lawn to set off your garden. It's the finishing touch, just like a frame around a painting.
Preparation when the lawn is first laid can make maintenance a whole lot easier and the finished result will look better too.
Simple things like making sure the ground is even will make mowing and walking on it easier. Irrigation and drainage are also of vital importance and will extend the time during the year when you will be able to enjoy your lawn.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/lawncare.html
In the winter a poorly drained lawn can get muddy and pond with water which will mean you won't be able to walk on it, or worse still, it could stop you from gaining easy access to parts of your garden.
The lie of the land will also affect the run-off from the lawn that could cause damage to the plants in your garden.
Good drainage can make all the difference to both your lawn and the surrounding garden and as these drainage systems are relatively cheap it is a wise investment to take the time to install them.
With the various different systems that are available, there will be something to suit almost any lawn whether it is prior to getting laid or improving a lawn that is already established.
In particularly hot and dry climates the lawn will need to be irrigated to remain looking good when there is a shortage of rainfall.
Sprinkler systems are available for a few dollars, up to expensive, hidden, automated systems that are virtually set and forget.
Regular sprinkling over the summer months can make the difference been a lush green lawn and brown patches that will greet a shortage of water.
And who wants prickles on their lawn?
In summer there is nothing better than to wander around your lawn in bare feet and feel the soft grass beneath you.
On the other hand, there is nothing worse than walking off the grass to find that you have a few dozen prickles in your feet.
Now that is one area that every lawn owner should concentrate on.
Website Of Interest. Check out the following:
http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/lawncare.html
Thanks,
Annie
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