Tips For Growing Plants in a Home Garden
When you buy a house you want to have a wonderful garden where your kids can have fun and you can relax in. A garden is one place where we feel we are one with nature and enjoy the small pleasures of life. A home garden is incomplete without potted plants and flowering plants. Before you choose the plants to grow in your home garden, take a tour of your neighborhood and see what types of plants are being planted. That will give you an idea of what grows in your area.
A trip to the nursery and a quick word with the gardener will also help in deciding on the type of plants you will grow in your home garden. Flowering plants like roses are an all time favorite with everyone. Sunflower looks bright and lends a cheerful look to your home garden. Flowering houseplants, like Clivia or Kaffir Lily add vibrancy and a touch of the exotic. The most popular exotic house plant and garden favorite, Sambac, brings the most wonderful aroma into your home garden. Cacti are one tropical plant that doesn’t need any special care. It can grow in any weather and is easy to maintain.
If you are an avid gardener then you can have a patch in your garden for vegetables. Grow tomatoes, broccoli, luscious rutabaga and green vegetables in your home garden. Greens and lettuce, cumin plant and mint can also be grown as an herbal patch in your garden. If you are living in an apartment then have a few pots on your window sill of mint, tulsi, bamboo, aloe vera and curry leaves. These are herbal plants that have medicinal value also.
If you wish to plant trees that can give out fragrance then silk mimosa will be an ideal choice. This fast growing tree has attractive fragrance and its pink flowers add beauty to its fern like leaves that are shaped like a dome. Bamboo is another tree that can be grown in your garden. The Chinese believe that bamboo is a sacred plant that can attract wealth and prosperity to the grower. Who wouldn’t wish to have these?
A garden needs good soil and plenty of water for plants, flowers and trees to grow. To go organic is the safe and tested way. One of the most important secrets in organic gardening is tending to the soil. Soil is the main key to growth. If soil is rich in manure then anything which grows in it will be rich and abundant. When chemicals are added to the soil the soil looses its fertility after a while. Natural ways to tend soil is to allow some insects like earthworms to be present in the soil. These worms while moving around, ’till’ the soil that allows air to enter beneath and allow the soil to remain fertile. Organic pesticides can enrich the soil and help your plants to be pest free. Adding dead leaves, grass and plant material will enhance the richness of the soil. This is called mulching. Manure that is rich in soil nutrients is cow dung. It is widely used in agriculture.
While watering your garden, see to it that it is evenly spread. Drip irrigation is one of the most important aspects of watering a garden. Nature balances itself beautifully. It is our duty to keep nature intact so that it can help us to lead a healthy and joyful life on this planet earth.
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