Sunday, April 25, 2010

Planting a Simple Home Garden - Part 3



You don’t have to be wealthy in order to have a beautiful garden. With good planning, you can have an amazing first harvest or fantastic blooms, and you can do it inexpensively. Gardening can be enjoyable and rewarding. Here are a few more things to keep in mind as you plan for your garden...
Plan Your Garden Access
In order to care for your garden you have to have full access to it. To make your garden accessible, be sure to plan out your trails, edges, and flowerbeds. This will not only make your garden accessible for care, but it will also be easier to view and enjoy. Will you use stones? Will you section off your garden areas with bark chips? Will you use sand? Or will you allow your natural terrain to provide paths of accessibility? You can make your trails temporary or permanent. Be sure that the material you select to make your garden more accesible does not shift into your flower beds.

Economically Friendly Gardens are Beautiful Too
Contrary to popular belief, gardens don’t have to cost you a fortune. You can inexpensively plant a garden to complement your front yard, your backyard, or even your urban patio. The most expensive aspect of the entire gardening experience is the very beginning. You don’t have to fill your gardens with the most expensive flower varieties. You also don’t have to include raised flower beds in order to make your garden attractive. There are a plethora of ways to create a garden that adorns your area in an inexpensive manner.

Create a Fabulous Flower Bed at an Affordable Price
Although some prefer to spend money on bricks or stones in order to create a raised garden, one of the most inexpensive methods for building a flower bed is surveying your natural landscape and utilizing it in your garden’s design. If you already have naturally raised areas in your terrain, you could easily use it to plant a textured garden. You could also evaluate the area around the foundation of your home, and use that as the outline of your garden. Some of the most beautiful flower beds in urban areas can be created without yard space at all. A simple, inexpensive, and delightful garden can be nurtured from a strategically placed planter.

However you decide to plant your garden, remember that it does not have to be expensive to be beautiful.

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