Home Garden Essentials and Care

The best utilization of available open space at your home should be a development of a home garden. It will definitely serve the people and pets living in the home and on a broad sense to the neighborhood and nature as well. Once you decide to convert an open space into a home garden then there are enormous opportunities to full fill your dream. At the end it all depends upon the budget you have.

Home Garden Development Essentials

• Understand your budgets and then plan accordingly;
  

  Home and Garden Sketch

• If you can afford then hire an expert otherwise do some research and make a layout of the area to be developed as a garden;
• Don’t spend your budget in expensive decorations at the beginning;
• Start your buying program with some essential garden tools and water pipes or hoses;
• Get your garden soil analyzed from experts. If it is not appropriate then get the best soil available in the market. That is an essential requirement for your garden;
• Once all of the above is completed successfully, next comes is grass and plant choice. You may have a lot of options for grass and that too depends upon your budget. Similarly, you have to select plants as per your choice. You may choose plants bearing either flower or fruits. Some people mix these with other ever green or decorative plants;
• Garden decorations are highlights of any garden and these have to be appropriately planned.
• In addition to above essentials, there are limitless opportunities to build, grow and decorate your home garden.

Home Garden Care

Once a home garden is developed as per the plan and guidelines, next step is care. Here is the list of the care needed for a garden:

Green leaves – a home decoration

• Regular attention is required for all the flora and fauna (if kept in the garden);
• Take care of water, sunlight, fertilizers and pruning and cutting as needed. Try to prepare a schedule for all the basic needs and implement it accordingly;
• Excess of anything is bad, more water may damage plant. Similarly, excessive fertilizers can damage the whole plant and same is the case with sunlight. You may have to appropriately choose a measure to control these excessive supplies. An example is covering the plant with shades during summer;
• In case of seasonal plants, you have to appropriately remove these after the season end. Accordingly, you have to fill spaces with new plants of the current season;
• Bugs and diseases may harm the whole garden. Therefore, you have to apply organic or inorganic medicines to control these;
• Plant that bear fruits may require pruning at an appropriate time. Similarly, evergreen plants may require cutting to shape them into fairy creatures or designs;
• There are different requirements during different seasons. There are less efforts required for autumn and winter whereas spring season require much more attention. More efforts are required during spring as you may have to plant more flora.

Gardening Calendar

Once you have a garden to take care, better prepare a gardening calendar. A garden calendar is varied for each region, country or locality. A general calendar is as follows:

Gardening Calendar

January: Winter weather is harsh therefore you may have to protect your garden from frosts, winds  and Rain. January is time to plan the garden for the whole year. You may have to apply some fertilizers essential for upcoming plantations.

February: Time to trim bushes and evergreen plants. You may have to prepare seed beds and apply fertilizers required for summer fruit plants.

March: Time to plan sowing seeds. Clean the ground before sowing and remove winter shrubs. This is the best time to grow any plants, vegetables and summer-flowering bulbs.

April: Complete all the formalities necessary for sowing and planting. Take care of the growth of seedlings and protect them from harm. You may have to watch out for ate frosts.

May: Take care of plants and start preparing for summer bedding. During the month, you may have to mow lawn weekly as grass and shrubs may grow rapidly.

June: Time to harvest and sow summer plants’ seeds. If you don’t take care of weeds and bugs, they may impact the harvest.

July: Take care of proper watering and do harvesting of herbs and vegetables

August: This is the month to apply water regularly and prune the plants. Collect seeds for the next year and put them in protective and appropriate storage. Harvest any vegetables.

September: Time to harvest vegetables and fruits. Plant your spring flowering seedlings.

October: Regularly clean the grounds and clear up any fallen leaves. Start moving potted plants into the greenhouse. Start planting spring vegetables.

November: Start a new compost heap. Prepare winter bedding and prune roses.

December: Check winter protection to your garden and enjoy the winter weather.

“Happy Gardening”