Positioning

The most crucial aspect of gardening is placing plants in the proper locations. While some plants prefer the light, others do better in the shadow. Some can withstand a thorough soaking, while others may survive with very little water.

Determine what plants will thrive in your garden by conducting research and accounting for drainage, sunshine, water, and soil type. Even if you may adore a certain plant, it doesn’t necessarily follow that it will thrive in the circumstances of your yard.

Space

Plants require enough room to spread out so that they won’t compete for scarce resources. Spreading them out will enable the plants to grow and make your landscape appear more orderly and balanced.

The secret is to plan ahead. Always design your plantings with the garden’s future in mind rather than just the current state. Wait approximately a year before making any major changes to your garden if you recently moved into a home so you can see how it changes over the year. Then you may make plans for what you’re going to keep and what you want to replace by digging things up.

 Soil Preparation

You can make the best plant choices if you know whether the soil in your garden is clay, sand, silt, loam, peat, or chalk. Visit the RHS website to learn more about the various soil types.

Before planting, make sure to turn over any beds completely. By preventing the soil from being overly compacted, you may add compost or other fertilisers for more nutrients.

Fertilising

Fertilizer is a fantastic technique to enhance the soil’s quality and plant development, and it’s especially helpful for fruit and vegetable plants, as well as plants grown in pots. It’s not always essential to apply fertiliser if your soil is healthy, but in nutrient-poor soil, it’s a smart approach to give your plants a boost.

Make sure you get the appropriate fertiliser because several products have formulae created for various plant types. Fertilizers should never be used together since this might cause severe chemical reactions. Always carefully study the packet before using any fertiliser to ensure that it is the proper one for your garden.

Planting bulbs

Make sure to put bulbs the correct side up, please! It’s a simple error to make, but the growth will be slowed while the roots search for a way to penetrate the soil, and the plant may not survive as a result.

If the shoot is not immediately apparent, check a gardening book or online to see which way is up before placing the bulbs in the hole with the shoot pointing upward. For best development, place them at least twice as far apart as the breadth of the bulb.

Weeding

It’s crucial to name everything you plant since when certain plants first sprout, they frequently resemble weeds, making it easy to mistakenly pluck them up. In the absence of plant markers, leftover ice cream sticks are an excellent substitute. This is a fantastic method to keep track of where and what you’ve planted.

Watering

A healthy garden requires regular watering, but finding the ideal balance between providing a plant with the moisture it needs to flourish and avoiding overwatering, which will lead to root rot, may be challenging.

It’s crucial to keep the soil hydrated, especially during really hot weather. Water will evaporate if you merely sprinkle it on the surface, so make sure it percolates into at least 10 cm of soil by scraping back the dirt to verify.