Once you have picked what garden you want, there are many
other factors you need to decide before you actually get to work with your
gardening tools. Mainly you need to choose its location. This is usually
decided by several factors: How you will water it, how much shade it needs,
etc. Some of these questions can be very important in deciding whether your
garden lives or dies, so don't take them lightly. You need to take each one
into special consideration.
Choosing the garden's location within your yard is one of
the more important things to decide. You want to choose a location that will provide
an ideal climate for the plants in your garden. I don't know what type of
garden you're dealing with so I can't give you specific advice, but if you do a
Google search for the plant you're dealing with then you'll find a plethora of
sites informing you about the perfect conditions for its growing. After this,
it's just a matter of finding the most shaded or most sunny spot in your yard.
Another deciding factor is how you plan on watering your
garden. If you have a sprinkler system already installed for your grass, then
it could be a good idea to put your garden in the middle of your yard. Then it
will get watered at the same time, and require no extra work from your part. But
if this doesn't provide for a good location for your garden, then you might end
up watering it by hose or dragging a sprinkler out there. In this case, just
make sure your garden is within the ideal distance for a hose to reach. While
this might not seem like a good thing to base the entire location of your
garden on, you'll be surprised at how nice it is to plan out in advanced.
Getting the perfect amount of shade for your garden can be a
difficult endeavor. Once you have a basic idea for where you want your garden,
you might want to watch it and record how many hours it spends in sunlight and how
many it spends in shade. Compare your findings to an online web site, and you
should be able to determine whether the spot you chose is ideal or not for
planting and starting your garden in. Of course the amount will change as the
seasons change, but this should give you a good idea of what to basically
expect for the rest of the year. If necessary, later you can put up some kind
of shade to protect your garden from getting too much sun.
After you've determined the ideal place for your garden and
whether it has the right amount of sunlight, and whether you will be able to
conveniently water it, you're one step closer to actually starting your garden.
Of course there are other factors that I have overlooked here, but mostly you should
be able to decide whether your location is good or not based on common sense.
Just think: If I were a plant, would I be able to flourish here? If you can
honestly answer yes, then I think it’s time for you to head out to your local
gardening store and buy the necessary soil and fertilizer to get started! Have
fun!
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