Keep Your Plants Happy With The Following Tips

Are you jealous of how other gardens look? Has your neighbor got a secret which makes their garden look so much better than yours? The truth is that there is no gardening "secret". It just requires you to properly be looking after your plants, and a little know how. Reading the advice from this article can help you on your path to gardening wisdom.

Remember to place a layer of mulch over the soil around your vegetables, approximately 2 inches deep. When you place mulch around your plants, it keeps the ground more moist. It will also prevent weeds from growing. This will save you having to constantly pull weeds.

Good green gardens begin from seeds, not plants. When you grow a new garden, start the environmental way, from seeds. Packaging materials for many plants utilize plastics that are not recyclable, so avoid these containers and choose instead to sow your garden with seeds or utilize organic pots.

Use natural pest control when possible. Slugs who want to enter a vegetable garden, for example, can be repelled by a simple border of marigolds and onions. You can also mulch around trees and shrubs with wood ash, which drives away insects. These methods are environmentally-friendly and mean you do not have to resort to harsh chemicals.

There are many houseplants that need to be re-potted, but some prefer to stay in their existing pot. To check if your plant will benefit from re-potting, just turn it upside down and tap your container until your plant falls out. The plant is going to need a brand new pot if all that you can see are roots. However, if you see few to no roots, you can leave the plant in its current pot.

Take all of the weeds out of your landscaping! Unwanted weeds fight for the same nutrients that more desirable plants do, and they also are unsightly. White vinegar has been known to kill weeds quickly. White vinegar is a weed killer! By placing a white vinegar solution in a spray bottle, you can spray the weeds away instead of having to pull them out manually.

If you have problems keeping the dog out of the garden, spray things like aftershave, perfume or other scents on the grass surrounding the garden. This will mask any scents that might attract your dog and make your garden less interesting to him.

Protecting the garden with a good fence should be the absolute first step when you finally begin. Something that keeps animals out before the plants grow can help them reach their maximum sizes when they are planted.

Now that you've reached the end of this article, you realize that the advice is not difficult to follow at all. All that is necessary is to apply some of the ideas presented here and monitor their effectiveness. Watch your garden to see how different plants respond to these new techniques. When something doesn't work, then go ahead and try out new strategies. With patience and love you can grow the best garden in your neighborhood.