11/19/2022 0 Comments Raised bed vegetable garden planner![]() In planning your garden for next year, going bigger is great but how about going longer? This is a great time to research how you can extend your garden season by growing different plants at varying times, rotating your garden a bit more, or by making room around your garden beds to incorporate cold weather cover. Add in some water features that will add purpose and beauty to your garden.Ħ. ![]() Water is not only important for your plants but your pollinators need to be hydrated too. Don’t forget about all of those good bugs that help keep the bad bugs away! Plant for them as well. Look at planting just for your pollinators bring in flowers and plants that will attract and keep pollinators around. Entice those beautiful pollinators into your garden with food and water. Gardens grow faster, stronger, and have higher yields when there are plenty of pollinators present. This is a great time to add in outside storage with a small (or not so small) shed.ĥ. You’ve probably accumulated quite a few garden tools that you would like to have handy. How about your compost? If you don’t have one, this is a great time to make space for one. You can incorporate better water usage and distribution systems into your garden, with drip systems that are on timers or raise up one area so the water trickles into another, or add rain barrels and water capture areas. The offseason is a great time to add in time savers. After a season or two or three, you start to know where you want to spend your time and where you have to. You will give them some shade and increase your garden yield, not to mention add some beautiful, bountiful height to your garden.Ĥ. If you had some plants that got too much sun last season, put up an arch or trellis and grow some sun-loving plants over them. Look at your fence or areas that are being underutilized and go up! You can use hanging pots, felt bags, or you can get creative and repurpose rain gutters in which to grow. Ornamental grasses add a contrast of texture and form, while adding in flowers with new color schemes and can introduce a new mood to your garden!ģ. ![]() Reach for those evergreen shrubs and trees recommended for your area that can naturally coexist with the growing requirements of your flowers. Shrubs and trees are another great addition, offering a perfect backdrop to your dazzling flower display and give the eye a place to rest. Raise those garden beds! This is a great time to look at incorporating raised beds into your garden, you can control the soil composition, perhaps improve drainage, and add in barriers to deter those diggers. You may have to amend your soil quite a bit, you may have battled some of those digging critters more, or you might have been limited on what you could grow in your soil type. If you started with an in-ground garden, you now know the pros and cons of growing in your soil. Beautiful and healthy gardens don’t just happen - so make a list of things you didn’t like this past year, put some thought into how you can do them differently, and then create action plan.Ģ. You can’t plan and create a truly unforgettable and successful garden if you don’t take the time to figure out where you’ve been, what worked, what didn’t, why it didn’t work, and what your goals are moving forward. ![]() I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, and again, and again. ![]() 10 Easy Steps to Plan Your Spring Garden Designġ.Take stock. ![]()
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