7 Gardening Tips For Beginners
By: Sana Faheem
Tags: Backyard Farming, Plants, Gardening, Nature

How to start a garden at home……

Garden is the perfect place to bring recreation into our daily lives.It brings freshness into our lives.Waking up to birds chirping and seeing beautiful flowers and butterflies in front of our eyes seems to be a very blessed moment that we usually miss out every single day as we don’t get time from our daily schedule to have a walk for even half an hour.So why don’t we make one at our home.Some people love gardens and love to plant themselves.If you are one of them,then this whole write is for you boss…..

Here are 7 basic tips for starting your own garden at home.

1.What to grow!

Before plantation,the basic but most important thing you should keep in mind is that what you want to grow or what you should grow at your place.Whether you want to grow only ornamental plants or you want to grow plants that will provide you fruits and vegetables.Keep in mind that which crops grow well and which don’t.In addition to crops you should reserve little space for flowers also so that it will provide a beautiful look to your gardens,otherwise it will look like a vegetable farm only no matter they are also beautiful in their own way.However,its your’s choice at the end!

2.Test your soil

Before planting anything,You must check out the quality of your soil.Just take the sample of the soil to any laboratory near to check out its pH level and make sure that all the necessary nutrients are in right amount or not!if not then make your soil balanced in nutrients and pH and make it ready to flourish.Just consider it a pre-gardening activity.The pH from 6.5 to 7 is okay to plant fruits or vegetables.

3.A small start would be a smart start

Start from fewer plants so that you would be able to take care of plants individually.Take care of your plants with love and dedication.Don’t throw them all under the sun as every plant has threshold up to different hours of sunlight.

4.Maintain a distance between plants

If you are growing different plants,grow them at a distance from each other because if they are not companion plants they will merge into each other’s roots and can cause diseases.

5.Enhance your soil fertility

Try to compost your soil with egg shells,tea bags,coffee or other organic materials that you can add to enhance your soil fertility.It helps to moisten your soil,fight diseases and helps in bacterial growth to make your soil fertile one.In addition to this,try to add fertilizers to your soil for nutrients and minerals.Excessive use of fertilizers can harm the quality of your soil.

6.Cut out the weeds

When you start planting,weeds also try to grow side by side to compete with the nutrients of the plant that you are trying to grow.You must have to keep weeds away from your plants as they are bad for your garden and they can wash away your plants if you will not take care of them.

7.Watering the plants

While growing your plants,take care of the amount of water you give to your plants.Neither give excessive amount of water nor too low amount of water.Every plant has different need of water in term of frequency and amount.So,take care of your plants and water them regularly.

Wish you a very Happy Garden :)