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.