03
2010
I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ~Emma Goldman
Emma must be an ardent lover of the flowers that even diamonds appear less sparkling to the sweet scent of the roses to her. Many people all around us are crazy about flowers. Sometimes there may be a particular flower or sometimes flower in general. Again, many people are exceptionally fond of flowers but cannot decide on gardening for lack of proper ideas and time. If you think time can be a barrier to your hobby, then let me assure that if you follow on the ideas properly, you do not need to spend much time on gardening. All you need is passion and dedication. If you have these two, your garden will be smiling in joy.
As time has become a scarce factor for all of us, gardeners should fix a particular time for gardening. If you allot a specific time for your favorite flowers then they may grow up like the sweetest blessings ever. Here the best preferable time for gardening is the early morning. It is the time the world is yet to break into snarls of every day life. The weather is tranquil and there is a soft magic in the air. You will feel your plants whispering to your ears.
Second important factor is the soil. Just like a good child comes from a good mother, every charming flower born in a good soil only. Thus, you need to arrange some fresh soil for this purpose. You have to make the soil ready with fertilizers if needed. Diameter and the length of the hole are very important. Dig carefully and do not burry the innocent plant. To put it simple, the diameter should be double of the root ball while the length being the same height of the root.
When you are gardening with the seasonal flowers, you should know the typical traits of these flowers too. Each seasonal sapling demands sensitive care. You can refer a website for this purpose. When you are purchasing the plant from a nursery, ask the nurseryman about the proper care of the sapling. If you really lack time for the seasonal flowering plants, choose between the ranges of the evergreen plants. They usually stipulate less care when compared to the seasonal breeds.
Treating flowering saplings are just like caring babies. You have to be tender and soft in handling them. They need your touch every day to grow up properly. Whenever you are working out the plants, try to hand over the root balls gently for speeding up its growth. Remove the dust particles, burlap, pebbles, twine etc from the soil.
Nutrition of the flowers is also very important. Apart from adequate water, not excessive although, you need to concentrate on the mulch. Use garden leaves, bark, nutshells, grass clippings, hay etc for making good mulch.
No matter what the size of your garden may be, you need to be passionate about it. When you will accomplish make the flowers blooming all around the garden, you will feel like a God who have created such magnificent blossoms blooming on earth.