A beautiful garden is a reason to be proud of at home but this is a hard task, many people hire personnel to keep the grass trimmed, which looks like a really hard job. You don’t have to be a gardener or a landscaper to have a gorgeous one.
A professional will be always helpful nevertheless there are some tricks that you can use at home to keep it trim between gardener appointments.
How To Keep Your Garden Healthy And Clean
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Grass
Choose the correct variety of grass according to the conditions of your house, if is sunny, or maybe you have too much shadow there among other reasons, analyze the place and ask for the best option for you.
Water frequently
But not too much, too much water can be harmful to your plants and grass, you must know what are the particularities of your garden and work with that, the standard is to water twice per week for at least 15 minutes, and is better to do it at nights to avoid the change of temperature that can affect plants. this can vary according to weather conditions or the season of the year.
Fertilize when is needed
Fertilize make strong grass and helps to grass be thicker, the normal here is to start to fertilize by the end of winter, you can use some tricks like milk can be an effective fungicide.
Quality instead of quantity
I have seen some cases when we just get excited about the flowers and buy a lot of them and the result is just a crowed garden that just doesn´t look good, breathe and take the time to think about what do you want, what is the space that you have for flowers, what color do you like and what kind of flowers are good for you. After that, you will have a clear panorama of what you need to buy. Sometimes less flowers but perfectly located are better than a lot of colorful flowers planted randomly.
Garden tools
The fact that the tools that you use in the garden are used just for that does not mean that you do not have to wash them, washing the tools after each use helps to avoid the transmission of bacteria and diseases to your plants, just use water and soap once you finish tour job and this will contribute not only to keep your garden healthy but also to preserve the life of your tools.
Fertilizers
Is always better to ask a professional about what are the best fertilizers for your garden, some of them are very toxic and does not work so well, also ask for a guide of how to apply them and how often this will help you to take care of your garden, fertilizers are like vitamins and vaccines to human so are very important.
Gardens are one of the spaces which the people look at the most, are the first thing that is seeing of your house and can be a nightmare if you are not familiar with its care.
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