Are you planning to start your own lawn and garden project? If you are, then here are some of the tips that might just help you.
1. Before doing anything, clear out the space that you want to transform. Note that clearing out here means removing any weeds that are thriving in the soil. Make sure that when you do this, you get the weeds from the roots to prevent them from growing back and eventually competing with your garden plants.
2. Sit down with a landscape artist to draw out a design for your lawn and garden. Doing this will help you envision how your space will look like after it is done. At the same time, it will also give you ideas on what varieties of plants will you need to get the look that you want to achieve.
3. Take a sample of your soil to your local nursery and ask them to test it for its pH level. You need to do this prior to planting so that you will know if you need to do something else to adjust the acidity level of your soil. This is one of the more important spring lawn care activities.
4. Once you are done making sure that your soil is suitable for plants in general, then you can start buying the plants that you need. When shopping, try to pick the varieties that are suitable in your area. Otherwise, you are can put the plants’ life and health at risk.
Also, make it a point that you read any literature that will come with your plant. These will give you knowledge on how to care for your new plants properly.
5. Start planting! The proper way to do this is to dig a hole that can fit the entire root ball of your plant. When you have an ample sized hole, loosen the lower part of the root ball before you put them in. Doing this will help them to adapt to the lawn soil easier.
6. Finally, to take care of them, water, prune and fertilize as needed.
Those are 6 steps that can help you get started with your lawn and garden easily. Note that you should not expect a magical transformation upon planting because the changes are likely to happen after 1 – 3 months max.