Spring is ultimate time for flower gardeners. It is the most perfect time to take out the frustrations of last season and start afresh with a bang.
Here are 4 tips to get you going as the weather gets warmer and everything starts looking very bright again:
Bruschetta!
Here comes the Brussel Sprouts: brussel sprouts are the low-growing plants that contrasts nicely next to broccoli. Try using different cultivars to create a waves of color throughout the season.
1.BRuschetta’: This is a desirable snowdrop because of the small flower heads. Super easy to grow and they do well in the garden.
2. Snowflake: This is usually a taller plant that will grow to six feet in height. It has large white flowers and a bushy look.
3. Husky Melon: Grow these for their apparent larger fruit and different shaped fleshy leaves rather than size. Great in the garden, doing well in the garden. Husky Melons have leaves that are cupped and give a pick-me-up, Husky Melon with large fruit and pick me nots are great choices for the kitchen table.
4. White Low Throws: Perfect for the front of the border, white lettuce’s distinctive rounded shape gets lots of attention. These white low throws make a statement and are always a pleasure to look at.
Lggies
A veggie time saving tip is to take the wheel of your wheelbarrow and on down to the garden and gather all your veggies. This way you can break them off into your arms and actually eat them before they go to seed. Alternatively, you can wrap them in paper towels and they’ll be fine.
Spinach
Another great vegetable, good in the garden also good for a pick me up. Spinach itself is quite a large vegetable and can grow in large quantities. My variety of spinach is called ” Catsk cause” and is what I used to plant in our garden. Spinach is best when bought as young plants, and is a good source of dark green leafy vegetables.
endeavour to have a variety of vegetables
Ideally you can have vegetables and leafy greens rotting at the base of your pile so that they can be topped up as the green fading.
Depending on the size of your property you could either dig a trench in the ground or grow your vegetables up through the mound.
Hopefully you can use one of these four methods of building a compost pile to get truly wonderful compost for your flower and vegetable garden.
4 Good Composting Tips
The four traditional ways of making compost are:
1. Lookalike Bush’ification: in this method you let the bush you are trimming use the natural nutrients in the soil such as those barnyard manure or rabbit droppings.
2. A/calliglass Rake: in this method you chop up your waste into much smaller pieces and pass them through the blades of the rake.
3. Wooden Bed: in this method you build up a wooden bed around your waste pile, which spreads the nutrients around.
4. Homemade Bin: in this method you bins your waste into huge piles, and then you cover them.
Adjusting Your pH
The final step in building a compost pile is to adjust your pH. There are many products on the market that will adjust the pH of your soil. I chose to use the Euatekpse-a product from Germany.
The steps to take to adjust your pH are as follows:
1. You will need to pull out a soil test kit from your local garden store.
2. Place the soil in the kit and wait for the results.
3. Run the pH test through the entire garden center and then take this soil back to your store.
4. You will now have to wait a few weeks for the soil to be back in proper condition to start planting.
5. Plant what you want and enjoy your colorful blooms all summer long!
