Great Reasons To Write A Garden Plan
Gardens can be built in many different shapes and sizes. Some people create rose gardens, others build flower gardens Well kept up gardens are pleasing visually and are often fragrant too. New aromas and flavors result when adding fresh herbs from your herb garden to whatever you are grilling.
Many options are available for building your garden. Container gardens can provide for plants to be grown year around. Depending on how heavy the container is you may be able to move them around to get better sunshine or shade, depending on the plants needs. If you want to control a plant that spreads, like strawberries or mint, you might want to consider using a raised bed for your garden. Weeding raised bed and container gardens are often easier because the plants are higher off the ground.
It’s tempting to just skip the planning and dive right into building your garden. Getting started is as easy as defining a boundary, turning the soil, breaking up the clumps of dirt and planting your seeds or plants.
Spending time creating a garden layout usually gives the best results. Having a garden plan really helps if you are going to a greenhouse or garden store to buy your plants. Figuring out how much mulch you will need is much easier if you have a plan.
Figuring out how much sun and shade your plants need is easier with a garden design. If you put plants that grow tall in front of shorter plants that require sun and end up blocking the short plants from the sunlight you will stunt the growth of the shorter plants.
Some plants grow well together and some do not. Those that do are called companion plants. Some plants like onions and strawberries are complementary, or companion plants. Potatoes and spinach are not companions and should not be planted near one another. Using a garden layout will help you determine the best placement for complementary companion plants and how to keep the poor companions apart.
Different varieties of seeds sprout in different amounts of time. Radishes for example germinate in as little as 4 days and can be harvested in 25 – 35 days. Many plants can be planted multiple times over the course of a growning season. How will you decide what to plant next?
A good garden design will help you in all of these garden areas. A garden design helps you for the following year too. As soon as the threat of frost is gone you will be able to plant your garden.
