Thread: Gardening Tips for The Beginner

3 Great Gardening Tips for The Beginner


Most people may not look at gardening as a creative enterprise but it is, or can be, in many ways. In fact, there is an entire world of gardening tips if you apply a little creative thought. For one thing, you know that necessity tends to be the mother of invention. Many of the old-timers in gardening could tell you a few stories about home-grown solutions they came up with. That is just another aspect of gardening that makes it all the more pleasurable. Indeed, if you join some of the larger gardening forums on the net, you can spend hours reading all the creative ways people solve problems in the garden.


Here is a very simply gardening tip that can make for a fun and relaxing afternoon. We know because we have done this on more than one occasion. Sometimes when you are driving, you will notice someone's garden that looks very nice. If it is possible, go check it out and see what is growing and how it is all laid out. Of course you will see some that are pretty standard even though the flowers are beautiful. But once in a while you will come across something you have not seen before. The garden may have different strains and hybrids previously unknown, and you never know what you will discover.


You have to coordinate the layout of your plants with the sun's daily track in the sky. You have to know where the sun will be hitting your flowers. The reason that may become an issue is if you have a mix of short and tall flowering plants. So you want to make sure the mature plants that are shorter will have enough sun. You will surely be disappointed to discover the tall plants are providing shade where you do not want it. Another important layout decision involves leaving enough room for your plants to grow to full maturation.


If you do not have a lot of extra space on your property and have always wanted a vegetable garden, then all is not lost. There is a relatively simple solution to this dilemma and it is called the wide row vegetable garden. You do not need to have a long row, just one that is shorter and wider than a single row. If you want to grow carrots or beets, for instance, then you can make a wide row that is elevated about a foot or so. You will still do your normal ground preparation but just add some topsoil to attain the height. You will discover very full and good size root vegetables in this manner.


The above gardening tips are not new or earth-shattering, but they are very practical and have served others very well. There are many who would love to grow both flowers and vegetables. But perhaps they feel there is not enough space for the vegetables. That is why the wide row vegetable strategy is such a great idea.