Tips On How To Start A Garden
1. GET AN IDEA. IS THIS GOING TO BE A VEGETABLE GARDEN? AN HERB GARDEN? A FLOWER GARDEN?
3. CLEAR THE GROUND. GET RID OF THE SOD COVERING THE AREA YOU PLAN TO PLANT.
4. IMPROVE THE SOIL.ADD A 2- TO 3-INCH LAYER OF COMPOST, DECAYED LEAVES, DRY GRASS CLIPPINGS, OR OLD MANURE.
5. DIG OR DON'T. DIGGING LOOSENS THE SOIL SO ROOTS CAN PENETRATE MORE EASILY. BUT DIGGING WHEN THE SOIL IS TOO WET OR TOO DRY CAN RUIN ITS STRUCTURE.
6. PICK YOUR PLANTS. CHOOSE PLANTS ADAPTED TO YOUR CLIMATE, YOUR SOIL, AND THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT IN YOUR GARDEN.
7. PUT THEM IN THE GROUND. SOW YOUR SEEDS. AN EASIER METHOD IS TO BUY YOUNG PLANTS, CALLED SET PLANTS OR TRANSPLANTS.
8. WATER. SEEDLINGS SHOULD NEVER DRY OUT, SO WATER DAILY WHILE THEY ARE SMALL.
9. MULCH. TO HELP KEEP WEEDS OUT AND WATER IN, COVER THE SOIL WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF MULCH.
10. KEEP IT UP. YOUR GARDEN IS ON ITS WAY. KEEP WATERING WHEN NEEDED, AND PULL WEEDS BEFORE THEY GET BIG.
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