Making Compost: How To Make A Garden Compost Bin
Written by bstanley in care and watering, composting
A garden compost bin, the container used for making compost can be quite easily made out of recycled materials at hand and can range from the simple to more complicated garden compost bin. The idea of creating a garden compost bin instead of a compost heap is to create the right environment for aerobic decomposition to occur. Compost is very useful for a garden and an International Compost Awareness Week is also celebrated in the second week of May to raise awareness about garden compost.
Making Garden Compost: Why?
- Making garden compost really improves the nature of the clayey or sandy soil and thus improving garden drainage.
- Making compost encourages a strong root system and helps in the retention of moisture
- After making garden compost it can be used as mulch around plants and between rows of vegetables where it will kill off weeds and prevent the drying up of the soil.
While making your garden colorful and vibrant, it is equally important to make your garden safe, a place where the family can relax while learning about nature. Here is how you may practice safe gardening and have a garden accident free (to the best of your ability).
Garden Hazards: How Are They Caused?
To make your garden safe, it is important to understand how just being careless can cause garden hazards and result in a garden accident. Click here to read more …
Whether it is because of the winter snow outside, limited gardening space or just to brighten up your house, growing herbs indoors can be very useful to you. Indoor gardening can help you grow herbs that you can use for cooking or seasoning. It is less tedious and time consuming to grow herbs indoors as you can watch and care for your indoor herb garden right from your home. Furthermore, planting herbs inside the house ensures you have a supply of fresh herbs all year long. An indoor herb garden can be very beneficial to you and all you would need is a little time and effort to see your plants blossom yearlong. Click here to read more …
Garden Drainage: Importance Of Improving Soil Drainage
Written by bstanley in Garden Care, care and watering
Ensuring good garden drainage is an important part of the gardening process. It is extremely important that all cultivated soil should be well drained. While some plants will need more watering than other which are more drought tolerant, regardless of this, they still require good soil drainage. Apart from water, the majority of plants require air around their roots as well therefore if the soil drainage is poor, so will the air supply, and the plants will suffer in the process.
Clay Drainage vs Sand Drainage
One of the most important questions about improving drainage is what sort of soil should be used in your garden. Is sand drainage better than clay drainage for improving drainage in your garden? Clay soil is probably what you are most likely to find in your garden. Heavy clay soil can be better for garden drainage due to the fact that it can retain nutrients and moisture, and the roots are steadier. The problem with sandy soil drainage however is, when free draining, water and nutrients are often leached out, the structure is not as steady as that of the heavy clay soil. As a result, clay drainage often proves to be a better choice for improving drainage. It is important to understand the nature of the soil you will be using in order to create a perfect garden. Click here to read more …