Showing posts with label gardening tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening tips. Show all posts

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Gardening with Kids

Gardening is an important part of exterior decoration. A beautiful garden can add tremendous charm to the overall appeal of the house. If you are one of those who have garden then give your best to make it exciting and charming. If there are children in the house then gardening can be fun. Kids being kids, they would love to play with mud in the garden. But that’s just one part of the fun. You can actually make them interested in this hobby. Gardening can be a wonderfully creative hobby that will stay with your child for the rest of his life.

So if you are introducing your kid to the gardening begin by allocating a certain part to him. Instruct him how to grow vegetable or flowers on this part. Give him the complete authority of his part of the garden. Obviously, being the parent you will guide the kid about the process and how to care but it is important to make him feel as if he is in charge. This way, he will be able to learn how to water, how to weed and subsequently, he will be more responsible.

One of the best advantages of gardening is that it teaches patience. You cannot have the desired results immediately. You have to earn it and wait for it. So that will be a valuable lesson for you as well as your kid. Gardening teaches a lot of things about plants, flowers, vegetables, soil, manure etc. This will help child in gaining important knowledge and learning.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Organic Gardening

Gardening is definitely one of the popular hobbies. It gives you a chance to tend to flowers, trees and stay in touch with true beauty of the nature. Gardening is a relaxing and pleasing hobby. It also makes your house look attractive and environment friendly. Now a day, many people are turning to the concept of organic gardening. Though, it requires more toil and efforts but organic gardening is definitely worth all the efforts. Organic refers to total avoidance of chemicals. It will be a real thrill to find your flowers blooming without actually using any chemical.

We are living in an era where focus is shifting to environmental friendly measures in every aspect of life. You can help your bit by indulging in organic gardening. You don’t have to use any fertilizers, chemical-ridden pesticides etc. There is no downside of organic method of gardening. When you start organic gardening, use plants or flowers that suit the climate you are living in. No point giving your efforts to plants that will not show good results because of the climate factor.

One of the basic rules of organic gardening is to use rainwater to water your garden. You can use huge barrels, pipes or hose to water your garden. Natural fertilizers should always be preferred over artificial ones. It will make world of difference to your plants. You can also use compost that will boost water retention capabilities of the plants. Keep stubbing the weeds on a daily basis. Mulching is the final tip for keeping your organic garden in perfect shape.