Many of us would love to have a garden to tend to and to look at, but we are simply too busy to spend the kind of time we would like. Although growing a garden can give you a great sense of pride, as well as save you money and help you to get healthy as well. Find out in this article how to quickly grow an organic garden that you'll be proud of.
When deciding on a garden area of your yard, a good place to start is with a tree or hedge as the anchor or structural foundation to your garden. Plant grasses and perennials around the taller centerpiece plant to add texture, color and visual interest. In time, these plants will fill out as they mature and look splendid against the taller trees or shrubs in the background.
Choose plants that will give you the best harvest with the biggest yield. Many times, hybrid plants are better able to resist disease and tolerate temperature extremes than are their traditional counterparts.
If tomatoes are on your menu, make sure your planting area gets plenty of light and has lots of room around each tomato plant. Tomato plants are sun hungry! They really want at least ten hours of sun each and every day and the additional space between plants helps each one produce their best vegetables by enabling good air circulation.
To help your garden look its best regardless of season, it pays to plan ahead. Including many different types of plants, annuals, biennials, and perennials ensure that, regardless of season, something is always blooming. A bit of preplanning like this will go a long way towards developing a garden that you can be proud of all year long.
To add even more interest, try planting some climbing vines. Almost any species of climbing plant will add visual interest to a fence or tree and are a great way to hide any unattractive structures such as a cinder block wall. As an added bonus, most climbing plants are very low maintenance. Kiwi vine, climbing snapdragon and morning glories are all great choices.
If you have room the room and the landscaping skill, raised beds not only look great but also provide better drainage for your plants, allowing roots to breathe better. Another often overlooked advantage is that you can control the soil quality better in a raised bed.
Good tricks to make sure you're getting a level edge when trimming your bushes is to use a piece of string or a line. Simply fasten the line to two bushes at opposite ends at the approximate height you'd like the bush to be. Now trim everything to the level of that line. If you want to make sure your line is level, use a string level or construction level. But that is probably overkill. Just looking at it is usually sufficient.
Not to mislead you in the opening, but "quickly" doesn't mean you will get a beautiful blooming garden in a matter of days. Quickly here means that you will be able to learn about how to grow a proper garden in a timely fashion. Studying these tips and using them for your organic garden will definitely increase your odds of success.
