Is there a bare patch of ground just calling out for flowers, herbs or vegetables in your garden? If so then you need to enter the No. 1 hobby in the United Stated of America – Gardening…! Nothing is more blissful and healthy then picking out fresh flowers or vegetables right outside your door. 
 

Follow this article further and you will be able to transform your bare patch into the Garden of Eden.

- The first step is to asses you garden conditions. You need to make sure that your garden soil has the right amount of moisture to promote growth and drain easily as well. Garden soil is made up of clay, sand, and silt, garden grows best when your soil has right balance of all these.

- Now, the next step is to pick a perfect spot. You need to determine which spot on your site be it a yard or a balcony, gets the most sunlight. Sunlight duration of at least 4 – 6 hours is required to grow a healthy supply of nature bounties. First remove the large stones, then pull out the weeds, break up and turn the soil and lastly added compost or other organic materials to increase soil fertility.

- Now, it’s up to you to decide, what kind a garden you would like to nurture, perhaps a vegetable garden to ensure healthy crunchy salads everyday or may be fresh herbs to season your gourmet meals or just an array of colorful blossoms to brighten up your day. Each of these require their respective growing space for example, lettuce can be grown in a solid mat but tomatoes on the other hand need to be spaced about 2 feet (60cm) apart.

- If you have space issues, then you can go for alternatives, lettuce can be grown in pots, ‘Patio’ or ‘Tumbler Tomatoes’ can grow quite well in hanging baskets, where as plants like cucumbers and pole beans will require trellis as they climb and vine. Rosemary, Chives and Parsley can be grown in flower beds.

- You can either start by purchasing seeds or plant small platelets/saplings. Depending on your need and gardening experience.

- You need to water them as soon as you’re done with seeding to settle the soil around the roots.

- Tend to your garden, day in day out. You need to keep a check of a few garden care essentials like watering, sunlight, fertilizing, pest control and growth control.

- Once the plants are mature enough to be harvested, with extreme caution n care pluck them and start to actually enjoy the fruits of your hard work.

Following this simple eight step protocol, you will be able to attain a great sense of achievement that comes with fostering your own garden. So, get up and start seeding away to bliss and health…!






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