Maintenance is key to gardening. While a lot of attention is given to innovative new ideas to brighten a garden, or the fancy plants you can buy, the real factor that determines how good your garden looks is whether you take care of it or not. A lot of this is common sense, and comes from caring about your plant life, but some tips can really help to get the ball rolling.
When you’re mowing a lawn it’s a case of not mowing too much or too little. When the weather heats up in spring you’ll need to fire up the mower once a week and cut to a length less than four centimetres. Later, in the summer highs, you’ll need to cut shorter, under three centimetres, and do so perhaps twice a week. When a dry season sets in stop feeding your lawn, otherwise you’ll kill the grass faster. Sadly you may find that when a dry spell sets in you can’t do much to save your lawn, but by leaving it be and repairing cracks as they appear you’ll preserve the dignity of the garden for next year.
Taking care of plants outdoors means tending to them daily. In summer your bedding plants will be crying out for some hydration, so keep on top of watering by setting a regular time each day, and a time once a week where you add feed to the water too. When you’re putting new plants in you can just bung them straight in the dirt, but to ensure they adapt well to the change from indoor rack to outdoor beds it’s a good idea to keep them it their shop containers outdoors for a week first.
Remove dead flowers as they fade to encourage the plant to bloom again, and also to tidy it for winter. During the cold months you can protect plants and shrubs by putting mulch around the base of their stems. This helps prevent moisture build-up that can be fatal for your plant life if a sudden frost sets in, and also gives slow-release nutrients to the soil.
And that’s that – work little and often on the garden to make sure it stays at its best.
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