How do you make your garden grow?
Full Sun: most veggies and cut flowers need 8+ hours of sun. Access to water: you’ll likely need to water at least once a week, so make sure it’s easy and convenient to get water to the garden. Good soil: avoid heavy clay or dry sand if possible. This depends on the plant types, garden light conditions, and weather. Plants in shaded areas may last longer without water compared to those in full sun. Container and window box plants can dry out in a day, whereas many houseplants can manage with one watering per week or less.
What is the key to a good garden?
Feed plants regularly. We’ve already talked about the importance of starting with great soil, but that soil works best in concert with regular boosts of high-quality nutrition for your plants. In other words, amazing soil + top-notch plant food = super garden success! Soil fertility can be further improved by incorporating cover crops that add organic matter to the soil, which leads to improved soil structure and promotes a healthy, fertile soil; by using green manure or growing legumes to fix nitrogen from the air through the process of biological nitrogen fixation; by micro-dose .
What is the best order to plant your garden?
As a general rule, put tall veggies toward the back of the bed, mid-sized ones in the middle, and smaller plants in the front or as a border. Consider adding pollinator plants to attract beneficial insects that can not only help you get a better harvest, but will also prey on garden pests. Opt for big beds rather than small ones. An overflowing bed filled with a tightly knit matrix of plants requires little grooming and pruning to control its size. While researching these intriguing ideas, I learned to make gardens that become easier to care for with each passing year.As a general rule, put tall veggies toward the back of the bed, mid-sized ones in the middle, and smaller plants in the front or as a border. Consider adding pollinator plants to attract beneficial insects that can not only help you get a better harvest, but will also prey on garden pests.