Simple garden maintenance steps for your best garden

 For the best garden, Garden Maintenance should be necessary. Simply do these 3 steps and enjoy your fresh healthy garden

#1. Mulching

#2. Deep Watering (irrigation)

#3. Bug off (pest control)

1. Mulching:

           Mulching is one of the important factor to conserve moisture prevent erosion and add nutrients to your soil. Apply mulch in the late winter or early spring. Mulches should be organic and inorganic. Make sure the mulch you use is pet-friendly. Certain types of mulching can be harmful to animals. Before applying mulch, make sure all weeds have been removed. Never apply black mulches where the climate hot or arid.

2. Deep Watering(irrigation):

          Water being the most precious asset for your garden, irrigation systems should be designed to give the most efficient distribution of present water. Watering less frequently is better than watering daily but for a shorter time. When only top layers of soil are moist plant roots want to stay where the water is; shallow watering promotes shallow roots. The deeper the roots the stronger the plant.

3.Bug off (pest control):

          Gardens which are maintained regularly are healthier and more attractive. A regularly maintained garden has plants that are thicker and have deeper roots, making better equipped to combat weeds, insects, and diseases. Here are few plants to grow to help keep pests away.

* Basil repels house flies and mosquitoes.

* Lemongrass repels mosquitoes.

* Lavender repels moths, flies, and mosquitoes.

        These are small steps for your best garden. Gardening is good for our environment and also for our mental health. Keep gardening and stay healthy.

Garden Care In Monsoon Season !

 Garden care is an essential thing if you want to stay healthy in your garden. A well ordered sterilized garden will definitely reward you in terms of blossom flowers and fruits.

Everyone love to see our plants bloom and stay healthy. However, plants in the garden may get catch infections in the monsoon.

 Here are some basic tips for maintaining  garden :-

1. Thoroughly check your garden: -

The first step is to thoroughly check your garden especially after heavy rain or storm has passed over your garden. Check for any broken twig, check if dust and garbage were carried out by the wind.

Also, keep checking if any infection occurs on the plant or any other oddity.

2. Provide support to your plants: -

Many plants are vulnerable to the strong wind so make sure it is not damaging your plants. If you have some young slow-growing trees or shrubs planted in a garden, provide support to them as strong winds may damage them.

3. Don't let your soil erode:-

Rainwater may cause your garden soil to erode exposing roots that hamper the growth of the  plant. In the extreme cases, a plant may start dying.

4. Make sure water is not getting logged:-

Even though a sprinkle of rain is good for your plant, make sure you have well-drained soil, and especially pot is not placed where water is getting logged in it.

5. Use fertilizers, check the color of leaves:-

Yes, you can fertilize plants in monsoon. Heavy rains may cause nutrients to wash away from the soil. Use good organic slow releasing fertilizers and manures for your plant.

6. Prune your plants:-

You must prune infected leaves branches. You can also prune unwanted excess growths.

7. Insects or Pest!!

Garden is likely to catch insects or pests that thrive on the sap in the plant. Increased humidity and shelter are provided by plants.

Literally, remove insects by picking them as they are likely to increase their population and soon become uncontrollable. You  can also use good insecticide or pesticide to get rid of them.

8. Ask an expert:-

As a final solution, if you are not sure about what to do, it is always better to ask an expert regarding your problem.

Gardening is great for both body and mind. Decorate your garden may help raise your property's value. Perhaps you get more  immediate reward, growing your fresh fruits and vegetables may save you money at the grocery store while inspire wholesome eating at home. It also allows control over your food chain.

Mostly, you can feel pleasant about helping the environment. Increasing green spaces helps chip away at the carbon footprint in your area and home-grown foods mean fewer miles food has to travel you. Luckily, there are lots of experts happy to share their gardening know-how. 

How to creating a calm- soothing garden in this boisterous world?

So many people have the dream of a calm-peaceful garden that is frustrated by noise from busy street wafting in. There are perspective solutions that help reduce sound coming into our yards and gardens. We can't block all noise of course, but we can reduce it. Horticulture, thoughtfully placed plants, and other features are all part of the solutions. 

How to create your soothing garden?

*  Trees and shrub are essential to good garden design and they help block noise. You can shrub as thick hedges and borders, or strategically place trees with large, thick branches in, particularly loud locations. Evergreens are good options, but also try deciduous plants that are fast-growing low- maintenance, and have a compact, done habit and foliage.

*   Sound- barrier walls are large stone or concrete walls have often seen lining highways near residential neighborhoods. You can work with a stonemason to adapt the concept to fit your home landscape. A brick wall is lovely with climbing plants trained up and over it. Not only do these walls deflect noises, but they can also keep out curious eyes of passing pedestrians.

*   A more subtle approach uses basic fencing, which can limit outside sounds and unwanted attention to yards and homes. Use a solid material, such as woods for the best results, and add plants to aid in breaking up the sounds that sift through.

*  You can add your soothing sounds to counter the street noise. Add water features- such as fountains bubbling ponds and waterfalls- and wind chimes. Although these additions won't absorb the outside noises, they can make them. You can also add bird feeders, hanging them form sturdy branches to attract songbirds.

               These are the horticulture tips for smart garden design to help you, create your sanctuary away from the noise of everyday life. 

              

                If you are looking for a professional landscape designer, you can contact Glenn Sheather Horticulture. This horticulturist gained his 30 years of experience working on some of Canberra best known and most beautiful gardens such as Cockington Green and Canberra Grammar School. He brings this knowledge to Canberra homeowners through Glenn Sheather Horticultural with his team of highly skilled staff. If you are building a garden from the ground up or improving on your existing foundation, Glenn Sheather Horticulturist can help you by recommending beautiful, interesting plants that suit your space location and soil. If you are changing or updating your existing planting scheme, we can turn your general needs and planting ideas into practical solutions.