Starting the perfect Garden  

well thank you for the great discussion. i have just come in from the garden. i am busy sowing flowers. i did the veggies 2 weeks ago. i find your suggestions very helpful as i am no expert. i have a green garden all year round. i need to ad some colour.

You are so right. I am in the process of working on my backyard. It's got a lot of weeds, and I want to spruce it up. I want to put some grass seeds down this fall and plant some flowers. I am looking at planting plants that are native. I have being planning this backyard makeover now 4 years so this fall has to be the time to make it happen for real.

Thank you for the details, useful and all
Without which there may be gardens no more
Eden was created, the first of perfections
Food was plenty and so was temptations
There was life, happiness and free will
Flowers and insects, the first two knew
Hearts were hardened and their bodies weak
Commands were broken when lies were sweet
Sadly, as sins begun, happiness must end
Today, we pray for a perfect garden again

thanks and I did all that but when the heat got up to 120 degrees most of my patunias died any how no matter what I did.
BUt I can dig them up and take them back to get refund or get more.
For I got them at Lowes .
Happy Gardening.

Yes, you have inspired me to get out and do something with my garden again. I haven't been doing anything much in it at all for a few months, apart from keeping the tree and shrubs in trim. I had forgotten just how "spiritual" gardening could be. :-)

It would be nice if I have a space for gardening. But at this moment I don't have any. Since I'm living in an apartment. Still hoping that one day I will have my own beautiful garden.

Oh thank you so much because I actually want to start a garden but don't know nothing about it. My hubby and I wants to plant some cucumbers, watermelons, I want cabbage, strawberries and I think thats it for know. so I just starteddoing research about gardening and I still don't understand it I think its mainly the time of the year that you can plant certain things. We also would love to get into pickling. I think it would be great for me being that I'm a at mom and housewife. But this was some great info and ty so much

Gardening can be a very rewarding hobby, even for those of us without the greenest of thumbs. It's a very rewarding feeling to plant something, see it grow, and then be able to consume the fruits of your harvest. It's even more rewarding to know that you didn't spend a whole lot of money making the garden actually happen. However most of us don't take the time to plant our own gardens and instead rely on the local grocery store. Creating your own small garden is a great way to get fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs and not spend a whole lot of money in the process. Here's how you can start your very own basic garden, even if you've never planted anything in your life!

Start Small If you live in an apartment, you probably don't have a whole lot of space, so you won't be able to have a large garden. If you have a house, you should start small either way so you don't bite off more than you can chew. Start out with something simple, maybe some strawberries or a tomato plant in a window. Get some basic pots and put your plants in a window that gets some natural light.

Don't Diversify At First Start out with a few different plans, not more than three or four. Decide which vegetables you enjoy the most, and start out by planting those. This way things don't get too complicated and your vegetables re very easy to tend.

Choose The Right Spot If you have a room with an open window that has some room for potted plants, this is the place to put your garden. If you're not that lucky, a lamp with a few natural light bulbs will do a decent enough job at making up for a lack of sunlight.

Choose Good Soil and Worms You can re-use the same soil for years if you get good quality product to begin with. Take a quick trip to the gardening store and tell them what you're doing, they'll recommend a soil that will work out well for you. You'll want to get a couple of worms for each of your pots as well. They'll be able to break down some of the organic material in your pot so that the plants can more easily absorb the nutrients.

Get The Right Pot Do some quick looking online and make sure that you get the right pot for the vegetables that you want to plant. Each vegetable does better in certain types of pots, so make sure that you get one that will go well with the vegetables that you are planting.

Water on a Schedule Determine how much water the plants you have need, and create a watering schedule. A Google search will tell you how much water your plants will need to grow properly. If you have a balcony in your apartment, or have a house, collect rain-water to water your plants with.

Have Fun Doing It Gardening will take a little bit of effort, but it will be very rewarding. You'll learn a new talent and enjoy having a nice collection of fruits and vegetables when the time to harvest comes about.

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Thank you for your gardening tips. Actually I myself have started a garden space of my own, if you can call my space a garden. This little space I am trying to look as a garden is separate from that of my wife who happens to be a lover of uphorbias and cattleyas. My space is small compared to my wife. I haggled this small area for several days before she relented to give it to me. When we arrived from vacation with my wife last month, I started to develop the area, by constructing a small pond with an underneath lighting which I turn on during the night. Next, I spread out selected sized gravel in a circular pattern besides the small pond and placed
our 28 year old bonzai on the central part. Along the perimeter of my small space I put around 16 coco tipped kerosen small lamps. The area now looks like
a Japanese garden and something out of the "Lost"
episode. I am still planning what to do next.

great to hear from people like you. this is whatis requried in our minds. you teach people. keep it up.anyway theough landscaping is rampant in it companies in my city they look extremely beautiful and also nature should be in fron of our eyes and we should be in front of nature.it is ultimatly nature that keeps us. so i think it is a pretty good idea.also i built my ist floor and i am planning for 300 pots of all types of flowers.especially roses. have agreat day.