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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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How to Start a New Garden
Choosing What You'd Like to Grow
This is harder than you might think. If you are starting
small, you have to limit yourself to a handful of plants. If
you are growing vegetables start with what you like to eat and
what you can't find fresh locally. Corn takes a lot of space
and remains in the garden a long time before it's ready to be
eaten. If you have corn farms nearby, you might want to use
your small garden for vegetables that give a longer harvest,
like tomatoes, lettuce and beans.
Flower gardens can be even harder. Start with what colors you
like. Rather than basing your dream on a photograph from a
magazine, take a look at what your neighbors are growing
successfully. They may even be able to give you a division
or two.
Take a walk around a couple of garden centers and read the
plant labels. Then play with combining the plants that strike
your eye until you find a combination of 3-5 plants that
pleases you. Make sure all the plants have the same growing
requirements (Sun, water, pH...) and that none of them are
going to require more care than you can give them.
Keep the variety of plants limited. It makes a better
composition to have more plants of less varieties than to
have one of this and one of that.
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Planting
Sometimes you have to plant when you have the time, even if
that's high noon on a Saturday. But the ideal time to plant is
on a still, overcast day. The point is, stress your new plants
as little as possible. Water the plants in their pots the day
before you intend to plant.
Don't remove all the plants from their pots and leave them
sitting in the sun for the roots to dry out.
If the roots are densely packed or growing in a circle, tease
them apart, as shown in the photo, so they will stretch out
and grow into the surrounding soil.
Bury the plant to the depth it was in the pot. Too deep and
the stem will rot. Too high and the roots will dry out.
Don't press down hard on the plants as you cover them.
Watering will settle them into the ground.
Water your newly planted garden as soon as it is planted and
make sure it gets at least one inch of water per week. You may
have to water more often in hot dry summers. Let your plants
tell you how much water they need. Some wilting in noonday sun
is normal. Wilting in the evening is stress.
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Garden Maintenance
Hopefully when you were selecting plants you did some back-
ground checking and didn't select too many prima donnas. All
plants are going to require some maintenance. The idea that
perennial plants require less maintenance than annuals is
wrong.
At the very least, your plants will require 1 inch of water a
week. If it rains regularly, good for you. If not, don't let
your plants get drought stressed. Once a plant is stressed it
will never recover fully that growing season.
There will also be weeding to do. Weed seeds come from all
kinds of sources: wind, birds, soil on shoes...
Deadheading or removing the spent blossoms from your flowers,
will keep them blooming longer and looking fresher. Vegetables
will produce more if you keep harvesting while young.
Some taller plants may need to be staked, to keep from
flopping.
It may happen that one of your choices isn't happy and dies.
Move on and replace it with something else.
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