Saturday, 17 September 2011

Design Your Garden And Get Ready To Grow

By Ashley Forsmark


Something you want to do after you make a decision that it's time for your very own garden is to determine the best place to put it. You could be limited to having a little container garden if space is at a premium. Ideally, you want your garden to obtain sunlight from the south so be sure to select a spot that meets that requirement. Avoid installing your garden where it would receive exposure from the north unless it is your only option because this will severely hamper a success of your garden.

With the southern location, where the sun is found warm all day, you'll want to run the rows of vegetables north and south. Doing it this way will allow the morning sun's rays to get to the eastern side of the plants, and in the afternoon, the western side. Using this type of assembly will prevent your plants from dipping more to one side. Also consider, if your garden is located facing the southeast, you should place the rows in a northwest and southwest direction so they will receive optimal sunlight.

Ideally, the sunlight really should be uniformly allotted for the maximum available time. Seeing a window plant having lopsided growth is an illustration of what happens to a plant when the light is not evenly distributed. Once you decide where your garden will probably be located, you should generate a diagram on a piece of paper where each of your plants will go. At first, the dirt in your garden plot will most likely be concealed underneath sod or other debris. In the event your garden might be in a large space, you will want to plow the ground to turn the sod under; if your garden is going to be in a smaller space, you can just get rid of the sod.

You'll be able to take the grass and use it to start a compost pile which you can later use to fertilize your garden. Over the summer, green vegetable matter can be included with the compost pile, and during the fall the autumn leaves can be added. This compost can all be used as fertilizer for the subsequent year. Your garden location must be plowed under well enough so there aren't any large clumps. So that you can plant the seeds, the garden soil has to be fine particles so the seeds can grow. To get your garden spot in form you'll need a spade, a hoe, and a rake.

The spade can flip the soil initially, but it will leave too many clumps. A hoe will assist in eliminating the remaining clumps and will better mix the soil. Using the spade is going to be strenuous, hard work, but using a hoe and a rake should never be that vigorous. After you have finished working with the hoe, take the rake and smooth out the garden understructure. Upon having all of this done, you are set to start planting the seeds.




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