A great garden can add aesthetic appeal and even boost the value of your home, and the good thing is that you can achieve this objective whether you live in the country, the suburbs, or the city. In fact, you can even use raised beds, if where you live has little to no actual grass, to create a beautiful outdoor oasis teeming with plant life. It’ll take a lot of work on your part, but by rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty, you can wind up with the sort of produce or flower garden that, with regular maintenance, sprouts back to life year after year.
If you want to give it a try, read on for some tips on how to have your perfect home garden. It’ll definitely be worth all of the effort once your hard work yields abundant dividends.
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It's best to steer clear of toxic chemicals, particularly if you plan to eat what you grow, and there are fortunately some natural ways to fight off harmful tasks. Here's one strategy you can employ:
Pluck some bugs -- one species at a time -- off of the plants in your garden and place them into a cup of water. Be sure to focus on a single type of bug at this time. Empty the cup of bugs and water into your blender and blend everything up until the bugs have been thoroughly disintegrated. Put the blended liquid into a spray bottle and spray the same plants that you retrieved the bugs from. This will repel that sort of bug. Repeat this process using another specific type of bug.
Weed it Out
If you don’t keep on top of regular maintenance, your garden will soon be overrun with weeds. So make it a point to regularly go out and pull weeds that start to take root. One tip: If you keep your rows wide enough apart, you can use your full-size rototiller to go up and down the rows, which will essentially help to dig up the weeds. You can then use a rake to get them