Thursday, December 27, 2018
Gardening can be a fun and satisfying hobby. In order to succeed in gardening, you must have sufficient information, good preparation and well organized. Consider the following suggestions to do and learn home gardening.
There are some tips and steps on how to do gardening at home, let see step by step how to start gardening at home below
How to do gardening at home easily
1. Choosing a Garden Type
Choose what you want to plant. Are you interested in growing vegetables, fruits or flower beds? Decide what you want to plant in your garden. If you want to grow vegetables, consider the types of vegetables that you like or which make a good profit in the vegetable shop. See the condition of your garden to choose which vegetables are suitable for the garden area and environment.
Planting fruits can provide satisfaction, but each fruit requires special weather and enough rain and sunlight.Flowers and other plants are the easiest to grow, also having various types to be chosen. Consider your favorite flower or flower that can be a nice bouquet when it’s blooming.
2. Choose how you want to plant your garden.
You have to decide whether you want to plant directly on the ground, in a box or pot, and how much space is needed. Having a large yard makes gardening to be easy, but using a small place is easy too.
3. Select the planting method.
The same with all fruits, vegetables, and flowers, you can choose to plant from seeds or buy ready-made plants. Decide which one you choose based on the time that you have and the cost of money for sure.
Planting from seeds takes several months and works more than moving plants that have already grown, but provides additional satisfaction because you know you make the plants grow.
4. Test the Land.
Good soil has proper amounts of soil elements, such as lime, phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium. Find out how much your land has the nutrients. You also should know about additional nutrient needed for your garden land.
It is in purpose to make your garden grows well and flourish. You can buy soil testing kits and try it from various equipment stores and gardens. Follow the instructions to find out kind of nutrients in your garden soil.
5. Research your area.
It is important to get information about the condition of plants in your area. Search for information online, talk to a local garden consultant, or contact the agriculture and plantation services in your area. Find out when the right season to plant. Planting early or late can kill your seeds or plants, so it's important to know when it's time to start planting.
6. Collect your equipment.
To make gardening easy and relaxed, it's important for you to have all the right tools. Use at least a shovel, garden shovel, garden fork, basket or bucket to put weeds, and watering plants. Other equipment may be purchased but not too important for small or medium sized gardens
For large gardens, you may need to buy a cart, rakes and hoes, twig scissors, and pole hole diggers (post-hole diggers) to speed things up. Find out about automatic watering systems if you don’t have enough time to do it or ability to water your plants by yourself.
7. Arrange your plants.
Choose the place where you want to plant. Remember about the amount of sunlight needed and the overall size when the plant develops. It is usually safe to give a distance between plants of about 10 inches (25 cm). Read the label or the wrap seeds of the plant to see how much is needed.
Try to group your plants according to their type. For example, plant all vegetables in the same section, and plant flowers in other parts. Find out which plants will grow the highest, because these plants will form shadows and should be placed near plants that need more shadows and less sunlight.
8. Plant your garden.
Follow the arrangement you made, place each plant in the garden by digging a hole in ball size. Don't dig too deep, so that it’s enough to put the root without covering the stem. Gently put each plant to the hole so that it is not damaged. Use your finger or shovel to scoop the soil to cover the hole and roots.
9. Using fertilizer.
Give as many nutrients as possible to the soil to help plants thrive and be healthy. Spread a layer of mulch 2.5 cm thick between each plant. For vegetables, add straw or topsoil as mulch around your plants to give the best results. For flowers and perennials, wood chips and bark can be used as mulch.
10. Watering your plants.
The first few days after planting give more water to help the roots stick. Don't over water, by flooding the top layer of your garden. Use sprinklers or sprays on the hose to water the plants. Water from the top so you don't damage the leaves or stems of the plant.
After several days of watering (1-2 times a day) you can reduce the frequency of flushing. Flush once every two days or more. Do this routinely to keep your plant grows, and don't forget to fertelized your plant too.
11. Wait and enjoy.
If your garden is complete, give it time to grow. A healthy garden will hold for several seasons if properly cared. You can take a note how long they are growing, and you can learn from it. Observe the condition of the garden everday, don't get lazy treat your garden like you are treat yourself too
12. Harvest your garden.
After a few weeks or months once your garden is ready to be harvested. Harvest the results of your hard work. Pick or cut vegetables, berries, herbs, and flowers carefully for you who want to use it at home.
Okay guys, that's the simple steps to start gardening at your home, you will noticed yourself when the plants already growing, and there's satisfaction to see them grows. I hope you like my method and don't forget to share if you like it...