Gardening in the years gone by required a lot of space. Now, gardens have sprung up even in apartments without much lack of glory. Container gardening has made this happen. In simple words, container gardening means growing plants in containers, what are commonly known as potted plants. This enables people to grow seasonal plants as well as perennial plants, shrubs as well as little trees within their homes. The great advantage is that no mowing is required in container gardening.
Most people think that you can only garden two seasons of the year – spring and summer. This is totally untrue. With some newer methods, you can garden most of fall, and some of winter. If you have a greenhouse system, you can garden all year round. With the new square foot vegetable gardening method, I can now put a cold cover over the garden and last many frosts and have many fresh veggies throughout the fall. With an herb garden, I can put a simple little herb garden in a plastic bucket and put it in and out for a long time. Thus you see this third of the gardening tips proves the myth of two seasons is totally untrue.
gardening with woodchip mulch The type of material used for mulch is not as important as what it will do for you. Mulching will change your battle with weeds. After my garden is planted, and the mulch is spread, I simply pluck out the weeds as I am harvesting, or just strolling through the garden. This is a very easy and simple process.
Cardboard. Cardboard is easy to use as a weed barrier. Just lay it down on the dirt you want covered and then cover the cardboard with an attractive mulch to hide it and keep it from blowing away in the wind.
Some gardeners may have a preference for the kits that come with stacks, soil and pellets all packaged together. You are even afforded the option of herbal garden kits that may include a plant lamp just in case your indoor herbs are not going to have a room location that gives them maximum sunlight.
market garden Garden Spade – This is a great tool to use to turn soil, aerate and mix compost and other nutrients. This is a necessary tool to move soil and dig for planting.
Leaves can also work. The advantage of using leaves as mulch is that they are free and if you have a lot of trees on or near your yard, then you will have a guaranteed supply every fall. The disadvantage of leaves is that if they haven’t started to decompose, then they can easily blow away or become matted when it rains. Before using leaves, let them dry out completely and then crush or crumple them to alleviate their disadvantages.
Planting through cardboard and newspaper. You’re going to have to cut or tear a hole in the cardboard or newspaper to be able to make a hole for your plant.
