Gardening tips for Beginners

Introduction

Gardening is a fun activity. You can learn a lot of things from gardening. In no time you’ll know how to grow plants or what type of plants. What’s more fun getting a chance to eat the fruits and vegetables that you have grown yourself. Now remember anyone can do gardening it will be a bit of work and it will be quite a challenge but you’ll be able to overcome it.

It takes some time and a little bit of patience to grow fruits and vegetables, but after a little while you’ll realize it was all worth it. Imagine being surrounded by a lot of flowers and the fragrance which will fill your heart with this temptation and excitement to grow even more flowers .But before growing a garden you need to know a few important tips and steps which are required to have a perfect paradise.

Location of the garden

First Step is to find the most suitable spot for your garden.

The best location for it to be in place where the sunlight falls throughout the day, Now ideally for most vegetables the minimum amount of sunlight that is required is 8 to 10 hours.

The location of your garden should be near a clean water source where it is easy for you to water them every single day.

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Try to make sure that your garden isn’t surrounded but tall buildings and structures. As it is necessary for the growth of your garden and before you pick out the location for your garden, you need to make sure that the quality of the soil is loamy as it consists of equal parts of clay, silt and the sand.

But if your soil is dry, it won’t have the moisture and enough nutrients for the growth of your vegetables. Make sure that it wouldn’t form a hard ball in your hand it should be soft and moist.

What to grow

Now let’s see everything is settled, you have picked the perfect location for your garden. You have checked to your soil to see if it’s enough moist and is not just a hard ground now on a newly based garden it’s best to grow these vegetables.

. Cabbages

. Bell peppers

. Cucumbers

. Garlic

. Strawberries

. Tomatoes

. Zucchini and squash

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Water cautiously

Now you have to water your garden every single day they need nutrients and enough water to grow. Just like us if we don’t drink water just for a few hours we will feel really thirsty it’s the same case with plants and vegetables. In order to have a perfect garden make sure that you are regularly watering it now make sure the water is penetrating through the soil and reaching the roots of the plants .Make sure to give each single plant on your garden enough water , if you a miss a day or two it can basically kill the plant or vegetables.

Be patient

Now gardening is not something that can be done in a day or two. It takes a lot of hard time and pure persistence.

To lose the patience means that you have lost the battle

We can all learn a thing or two from this quote. Gardening requires real consistency that one has to have. Sure it’ll be a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end.

Garden bugs

Growing a garden comes with a bit of problem. ’Bugs’ can be easily be dealt through pesticides and sprays

Now the most common type of garden bugs are listed below

Mealy bugs

Fungas gnats

cutworms

Earwigs

Scale

Leaf miners

Aphids

Ways to deal with Garden bugs

Now the first way to deal with bugs is to keep your garden nice and clean. Try to maintain everything in a nice and a clean order. If your garden is clean it’ll be less likely be infested with bugs.

If you have good and clean soil it’ll be less likely that your garden will get attacked by bugs. Good soil can eliminate any type of bug.

Use insect traps You will easily find them at the insect centre its yellow sticky card that will trap bugs which are crawling around your garden place them on the ground or at the shoots of a plant and wait for the magic to happen.

Get rid of dead or infested leaves which are growing in your garden it will actually stop it from contaminating your whole garden. Pluck them as soon as you see one it will bring unwanted attention to your garden which is what you definitely don’t want.

Try to buy pest resistant seeds from your local supermarket and try to water your plants early in the morning if you can.

Learn to prune

Pruning seems like a difficult Job. But soon enough you’ll have plants which will have good shape and they will grow well with time. Pruning is necessary because they will most likely be able to flower beautifully and have delicious fruits.

It helps with removing dead shrubs and branches and allows the new part of the plant to grow which can actually protect your plants.

Once in a while when you see the dead shrubs or a decomposed plant to get rid of it or if only you see dead branches on some parts of the plant then you should prune.

Conclusion

Gardening enhances our life and helps us to understand that various stages of life are not easy but having a little bit of work and consistency can help us to move forward. Now what’s better then eating fruits and vegetables that you have grown and you won’t have to go to the market to buy them.

Why buy them when you can grow them home all by yourself with just a little bit of help as you know they’ll be completely chemical free.

It can create a habitat for the wildlife and it will clean the air.

You’ll feel relaxed from all the stress in life and be able to feel proud for how far you have come.

Written by

Furqan ali