Thursday 26 May 2011

Shop Smart for Your Flower Garden

Shop Smart for Your Flower Garden

When you are planting a flower garden, make sure that your flower garden does not become too costly. If you are unable to cut down the price of your flower garden, here are some flower gardening tips which will help you to design cheaper flower garden. You can shop smart for your garden and use the substitute equipments and waste materials to add beauty in your garden. This will save the cost on your garden and utilize the waste materials for proper use.
Whenever you shop for the garden, it is best idea to make a list of the items you want to buy so that you won’t get confused once you go out for shopping. Also, you must decide the suitable day when to go for shopping. If you go on Saturdays or Sundays, it is obvious that the place will be packed with people. You won’t be able to ask questions to the staff and get your queries solved. Instead you can visit the garden shops on Fridays. Most shops get the new products on Fridays. The garden centers change their stock every season according to the demand. Hence, if you visit these centers in particular season, you can learn more about different variety of plants and their blooming period.
Shopping for your Garden
Whenever you go out for shopping for your garden, make sure that you don’t just buy the plants in hurry. Make the necessary enquiry about the plant, planting method, caring technique and the other queries related to plant growth. There are lots of things you need to consider when you think of growing any particular plant. While shopping for your garden, don’t buy the flower plants blindly. Know what are the best plants for growing in your locality and what the required climatic conditions for proper plant growth are and select the plants accordingly. Getting your queries solved from the selling staff will surely help you in enhancing your gardening ability.
It is similarly important to take the receipt when you buy a plant or any other material for your garden. There are many plants that come with a warranty. It may help you if the plant dies even after taking proper care or doesn’t bloom the flowers.
Do not shop entire products from a single shop. The cost of products may vary from shop to shop. Look for different shops while shopping for your flower garden. Most of the stores give some offers on specific purchase or sell the plants in stack. This will reduce the overall cost and save much of your money. Hence, research for different shops before buying the products.
Buy the plants with healthy green appearance. Follow all the flower gardening tips to make your gardening experience exciting and cheerful. You can shop smart and save much on your garden plants and utilize the money in making your garden more beautiful.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

The Gardening Technique

The Gardening Technique :


Planting flower gardens is an exciting and cheerful experience. When you are thinking of planting a flower garden, you should possess enough knowledge of flower gardening tips to make your experience pleasing and amusing. The article discusses the flower gardening techniques. These tips will help you to plant your flower garden more effectively and take proper care of your garden.
When you have decided to plant a flower garden, there are some major points that should be considered.
• Check the quality of your soil and pH level. Visit the agricultural department of your area and know what type of flower plants can grow well in your soil type. If the soil is of poor quality, you need to prepare the soil bed that contains sufficient nutrients for plant growth.
• Decide what type of plants you want to grow in your flower garden. Every flower plant has different water and soil requirement. Hence, it is important to choose the flower plants according to the quality of your soil or prepare the soil bed according to the plants chosen.
• While preparing the soil bed, inspect the garden area properly. Choose the appropriate design for your garden bed. Make sure that you keep sufficient space in your garden to walk from in between. Remove all the weeds from the garden area. You can remove it with your hands or use the herbicides to kill these weeds. Weeds if left untreated will restrict the growth of flower plants.
• Dig the garden area about a feet or two. Add the fertile soil into the area where you want to plant the seeds. After adding the soil, mix it with the organic compos and natural mulch. Mulching will avoid the growth of weeds in future in your garden and organic compost will add nutrients to the soil that will enhance the growth of plants.
• After preparing the soil bed, now it is the time to sow the seeds. You can either buy small flower plants from the nursery or sow the seeds in your garden. Press the seeds into the soil gently. After planting all the seeds, water the area slowly or you will wipe out all the seeds.
• After successful growth of the plants, your gardening responsibility increases. The grown plant requires more water and food. Hence, it must be supplied with sufficient water and nutrients. Do not provide it with excess of water.
• Remove all the dead branches and twigs from the plant. Keeping them on the plant may restrict the growth of the plant.
The gardening techniques can help you make your gardening experience more enjoyable. Follow the proper flower gardening tips to enjoy your gardening hobby thoroughly.

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Flower Garden Beds

Flower Garden Beds

The garden bed is the area of the garden specially prepared for planting flower plants. When you are planting a flower garden, it is important to prepare the flower bed keeping in mind the types of plants you want to grow in your garden. The article discusses the tips for preparing the flower garden beds. Follow the flower gardening tips to make your garden beautiful and attractive. Flower bed is the vital part of any flower garden. Not taking essential care while preparing the garden bed will result in improper or insufficient growth of your garden plants.
When you are thinking of planting a flower garden, the first and foremost point of consideration is the selection of appropriate garden area. After selecting the spot for your flower garden, you should prepare the soil for your garden. Below are some tips for preparing the garden bed.
How to prepare the Garden Bed?
Select the location for your garden bed. Most flower plants grow well in full sunlight. The area that receives maximum sunlight for five to six hours of day is best for your flower garden. The things that you will need for preparing the garden bed are
  • Iron rake (for pulling grass)
  • A hose (to edge out the line of the garden)
  • A shovel (to turn over the soil)
  • Edgers (to make edge of the garden)
Preparing the Garden Bed:
Inspect the garden area before preparing the flower bed. If it is full of weeds, it is important to remove the weeds from the area. This can be done either by spraying herbicide on the weeds or removing the weeds by hand. Dig the soil about few inches. Blend the soil with natural mulch and add organic compost to it. Adding organic compost will increase the nutrient contents in the soil while natural mulching will avoid the further growth of weeds in the garden bed.
Select the proper design for your bed. Keep a path in between the garden for walking and watering the plants. Plant the seeds in the prepared garden bed. Water them gently.
The gardening tips for preparing the garden bed will be same for all type of gardens. Select the appropriate garden design to give an attractive look to your garden.