With spring fast approaching, it’s time for all gardeners to start thinking about how they want to handle a garden this year.
Depending on how well your garden produced last year, there may be some things that you’ll want to change about your gardening technique so that you can have a great harvest this year.
To help you with this, here are three tips for a more successful garden this year.
Talk To Local Gardening Experts
While there are some general gardening tips that can help people have more successful gardens, depending on where you live and what the climate is like in your specific area, a lot of what you do will have to be catered to your particular plot of land. Because of this, to get some great advice on how to have a more successful garden, you’ll want to speak to some local gardening experts in your area.
To find these people, try looking around your community for groups or classes about gardening. You can also find people at senior living communities who’ve been gardening in your area for decades. Local nurseries can also be a great resource for information about improving your garden. All of these resources will be able to help you know exactly when to plant, what to plant, how to improve your soil, and more.
Stagger Your Planting
To get the greatest possible yield from your garden this year, you may want to consider being more strategic about when you plant certain things.
Because some plants will be able to harvest quickly and some will take a longer amount of time, you should try to stagger when you’re planting what so that your garden is always producing something for you. You can also plant a few different things throughout the season if you have fast-maturing plants in your garden at first and then try planting a few different things in their place as the season progresses.
Use The Right Fertilizer
The ways you fertilize and use compost in your garden can also have a big impact on how well your garden will do. So this year, you’ll want to be sure that you’re using the right things to help strengthen and improve your soil.
If you’re going to add compost to your soil, make sure you’ve given it at least six months to cure. Otherwise, there could be too much nitrogen in the compost and it could burn your plants. Additionally, it could contain parasites or pathogens that you don’t want to have around food that you plan on eating.
If you’re committed to having a more successful garden this year than you did last year, consider implementing the tips mentioned above to help you achieve this goal.
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