When you have an outdoor space that needs looking after, there is a great deal that you can get both right and wrong. This blog post is going to focus in more detail on some of the main mistakes that you can make. This way, you can avoid repeating them for yourself, which can be so important in creating the type of outdoor space that looks at its very best all year round.
Planting in the wrong areas
When you plant anything, you need to look at what sort of conditions it needs to not only survive, but to thrive as well. For example, some plants do well getting as much sunlight as possible. For these ones, you need to make sure that they are bathed in it as much as possible, so put them in areas where the sunshine is plentiful. Some need to have as much protection as possible, so you will want to put them in sheltered conditions where they are less likely to be buffeted and battered by the wind.
Watering too little or much
These are two separate problems that can go very much hand in hand. While your plants are going to need plenty of water to make sure that they have everything they need to properly thrive, you certainly want to avoid overwatering them. This could have the exact opposite effect to the one that you were intending. Again, this is why it all comes back to knowing your plants in as much detail as possible, ensuring that you know exactly how much H2O is going to be the best for them. You should also adjust your water schedule based on how much rainfall that there has been over recent days.
Not getting rid of weeds
One of the other main issues that you can find yourself encountering is that you simply don’t clear away the weeds as and when needed. There are plenty of methods that you can employ to do this effectively including using a weed wacker or simply pulling them up by hand. Whatever you decide to do, you should take on a little and often approach. Getting rid of them means that they are not going to compete for any nutrients or sources of light that they could otherwise. Ultimately, you don’t want them to become a bigger problem than needed.
Not using the right tools
They say that a worker is only as good as their tools – and this is certainly true of gardeners as well. You should do everything that you can to use the right tools for the job. After all, each tool has been specifically designed with a certain purpose in mind and if you don’t use them all properly, you can easily end up in a situation where you are causing more damage than good to the garden.
These are just a few of the main errors that you need to avoid when you are doing work out in the garden, and they can make all the difference.
