The Winter-time Garden Maintenance Tips

Winter time is the best time in the year to get your garden into order and clean up all that has been deposited by the seasons during autumn and the months before that. This is the time when you should get your garden equipment in working order as well. And since the winters mean you are not going to get much done with gardening, here are some maintenance tips that will prepare your garden for the seasons ahead.

Get your compost ready 

Your garden pots need the right soil and compost so that the shrubs or plants grow healthily. Preparing compost is easy. collectkitchen refuse, fallen leaves, cow dung (or other manure) and everything organic that can be composted. To know more about what can be used refer to a proper list of things. Now, dig a hole in the ground and put the refuse in there and after every few days mix the soil to get a consistency of soil and organic refuse. In a couple of months it will be perfectly ready for use. In spring you will be able to put that to use and grow fine winter veggies!

Clean the garden of all garbage and dead plants 

Your garden may not give you nice blossoms in winter but it surely will give you tons of weed, which you don’t need. Get rid of it. Use weed cleaning medicines or if your lawn is small enough do it manually and you will be done through it by the end of the month. Get all the pruning and cleaning done and use the refuse for your composting application.

Also, this is to the time to buy new pots and decorative planters for the days ahead.

Making the best use of nature’s varieties to plan the best garden ever

What's the best garden? It’s a question no one asks when planning a garden but we think everyone has a very good idea of what a good garden looks like. It’s a place where the blossoms never cease. Every season there is one or the other type of flower looking pretty or spreading a sweet smell through the air. Whenever you look at the garden there should always be something nice to keep you entertained with its smell or sight. So how do you get the best garden?

Chose a good mix of ever greens and perennials 

If you want to keep the your garden interesting be it March or November you are going to have to do some hard work and find out the best plants that grow in your area in every season - summer or winter.

If you want you can choose a theme for your garden and nature will oblige you with tons of choices to pick from. For instance if you want everything in red, you are never going to be out of options when picking plants. There will be red blossoms in winter and summer.

A good mix we think is best for a personal garden is one that comprises evergreens and perennials.

Pick the right tubs and Flower pots

Even if you have lots of space on the ground to grow everything in soil you should consider using a few outdoor pots and planters. These lend a very pleasing change of things to break the monotony of soil grown plants. You can easily buy outdoor pots and planters either online or at your local stores near you.

Want A Rain Garden? Read This

Rain gardens are popular in monsoons. Rains gardens in that everything from the plants to the gardens are all made specifically for very wet conditions. So when you plan for a rain garden you choose plants that are supposed to thrive better in rains and in large garden pots and planters that drain water better than normal garden pots and planters. So what do you need to do to get started with your rain garden?

Find out about terrace gardening

Terrace gardening isn’t anything new. It has been around for ages. In fact it is among the oldest known forms of farming known to mankind and it is greatly beneficial for rain gardening. All you need to do is cut out terraces to hold the hold the water from flowing down natural slopes what that does is retains water longer for your plants to thrive.

Find out what plants survive best in wet conditions

All plants aren’t good in rains. There are specific ones which have fibrous roots and are very good even when it’s pouring cats and dogs. When you have a rain garden in mind finding the right type of plant is equally important.

Creating the proper ecosystem

It is very important that you create the right ecosystem for best results. Let’s toads, lizards and normal rainy season creatures roam around in your garden because they will keep your garden free from insects and critters. Again to know more about designing the best ecosystem, talk to your local botanist and find out.

Ward Off Depression with Urban Gardening

Feeling down? Don’t reach for a glass of wine – grab your garden tools and head to the flowerbeds instead. Research has shown that gardening can improve your mood so much so that you may just get addicted to gardening just as people get addicted to alcohol! There are actually practical premises to this feeling of happiness and it is deeply rooted in our nature to nurture and care, which instinctively gives us joy.

The psychology That Connects Gardening with Happiness 

Experts are of the opinion that the sensory experience of gardening "allows people to connect to this primal state, which is always associated with feeling happy and contended. Just as a mother feels happy tending to her children, gardening gives us all joy that we are hardwired to feel when caring for someone. To prove that gardening indeed was useful, some social scientists went on to test the effect on a controlled group that suffered from clinical depression symptoms. After a period of a few months, improvement in depression symptoms was evident. What's more, their mood continued to be better three months after the gardening program ended. To be happy one did not have to be a full time gardener, taking it up as a part time hobby and doing it with decorative planters will also give you all the pleasure you need.

The Chemical Connection Between Happiness And Gardening 

Psychological explanations were not enough to satiate scientists who were looking for a more tangible proof. Someone came up with idea to inject mice with common bacteria found in soil which later proved that the bacteria were indeed capable of improving mood significantly. Now there was another school of thought that attributed happiness to chemical changes brought about by that bacterium.

So, What Do You Do To Feel Happy? 

The simplest thing that you can do to feel happy is to begin gardening. That is the simplest possible way to feel good about yourself and give you something that will keep you happy no matter what circumstances in life are. Here are some tips to get you started with gardening.

• Getting Creative With Gardening 

Combining gardening with other activities will make things very enjoyable for you. The more natural elements you add the better you are going to like working in your garden. Garden retailers offer ready-made kits that can make fast work of establishing a pond or other water feature in the backyard. In case you do not have the expertise to handle the installation on your own, you can always find plenty of water garden companies and installers who can suggest a design and put in your desired water features.

• Incorporate Interesting Elements In Your Garden 

Plain old gardens never make for an interesting place to work in. Using Garden furniture and decorative planters to add elements of interest will get you closer to happiness!
Why spend money on spas when you can have your own therapy session in your backyard. Garden furniture & decorative planters can completely transform your garden into your personal relaxation centre.

Getting Your Garden Ready for the Summer

The chilly winters are almost over us, now whether you like it or not, the summers are here again, trees are going to be green again, and your garden will shed its sad look and get back to its colourful self in just about a few months’ time. It’s time for your to get things in order and replace your garden furniture if it did not survive the harsh winters.

Getting the garden ready with as little expense as possible

Summers are great for socializing. The beginning of the summer when the sun is not at its sweltering best, draws people out of their homes to spend time chatting and talking with their friends and family. This is when you will need, perhaps a lot if you have a big family, so here is how to keep expenses focused on buying stylish new garden furniture instead of spending on labour expenses and stuff.

• Weed out and design a garden 

You will need a good place to sit this summer, won’t you? The winters could have wreaked havoc on your garden with weeds growing out of all sorts of places and crevices. Clean that out and plant new seasonal flowering shrubs. A beautiful looking garden is not just great to look at, it also makes for a healthy source of vegetables and fruits provided you have taken the time to plant fruit/vegetable trees. But if you have not, it’s never too late to start.

• New Garden furniture 

Plan out a new layout for the garden; divide the place up in sections with an area dedicated for fruits and plants and another area for Garden furniture and yet another area for flowering plants. Cut out a trail through your garden that connects each of these areas together. To make everything a little exciting buy furniture for each area instead of buying similar look furniture all lumped together in one area.

• Save on labour expenses 

The biggest expense in building a new garden is labour charge. You can save tons on these expenses by doing a lot of these things on your own. If you take a close look, there is nothing too much to it, of course no one expects you to be proficient or provide professional grade products but with some hard work and following online guides you should be able to accomplish a lot yourself.