Vacation Proofing your Garden
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Article by: Robin De Groot For many of us avid gardeners the thought of a summer , How to Create a Wildflower Garden vacation is both a delight and a source of great anxiety. Whether we are going up to the cottage or camping in the great Canadian wilderness, we want to ensure the continued health and beauty of our gardens. , Amish Furniture on the Front Porch By following my prescribed garden , Hills and Holes: Not Part of Your Landscaping Design? tips you will not only "vacation proof" your garden , Iris - Species and Care but enjoy your summer , Choosing a Pond Liner EPDM liners are the optimal choice holiday even more. Your Lawn To ensure a lush and healthy , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond lawn upon your arrival home, , Tips For Cleaning Your Patio make sure to deeply water , How To Choose The Right Trees For Your Front Yard Landscaping Ideas your lawn , Hills and Holes: Not Part of Your Landscaping Design? on the evening before your departure. The soil , Roman Concrete - How They Did It should be moist to a minimum depth of 7.5 cm or 3 inches. Wait a couple of hours until your lawn , Basil - the Queen of Herbs has thoroughly dried, and then mow the grass , Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Increase Safety and Decrease Expense to a slightly shorter length than usual. Make sure not to cut the lawn , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes too short, or you will burn your grass. , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs Generally speaking, never remove more than 1/3 of the grass' length in a mowing. On the day of your departure, give your lawn , Teak Outdoor Furniture a second deep watering, once again, to a depth of 7.5 cm - 10 cm or 3 to 4 inches. You should also arrange with a neighbour to water , Growing a Sustainable Garden! your lawn , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond in case of a heat , How to Create a Wildflower Garden wave or severely dry period. Of course, you can't predict what Mother Nature , Choosing a Pond Liner EPDM liners are the optimal choice will bring, but assuming that there are brief dry periods, these precautions will insure a healthy , Harvesting Herbs and green lawn , Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Increase Safety and Decrease Expense for up to 2 weeks. Vegetable Gardens Your vegetable garden , Hills and Holes: Not Part of Your Landscaping Design? needs special attention prior to your departure, as it can suffer the most and quickest with neglect. On the day prior to your departure, thoroughly check your vegetable , Choosing a Pond Liner EPDM liners are the optimal choice patch for pests , How to Create a Wildflower Garden (insects), rot and disease. , Online Florists All ripe and nearly ripe vegetables , How to Naturally Dry Hydrangeas must be picked. Over-ripe fruit , The Truth about Bulb Flowers not only encourages rot and disease, , The World of Herbs it will also attract every insect on the block. Make sure to thoroughly weed , Gardening Using Trees and Shrubs with Scent in Mind your vegetable garden , How To Choose The Right Trees For Your Front Yard Landscaping Ideas and then mulch with a mixture of well-rotted compost, , Tips For Cleaning Your Patio grass , Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials? clippings and shredded twigs. This mulch mixture will not only prevent weed , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! growth, it will retain soil , Care Tips for Planting and Growing Orchids Inside Your House moisture and naturally fertilize your plants. , The Cottage Garden The final step in this process is to deeply water , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs your vegetable , How To Keep Your Yard Ornamental With A Proper Sago Palm Care patch to a depth of 7.5 cm - 10 cm or 3 to 4 inches. Flower Beds Carefully scour your flowerbeds and remove (pinch back) every spent flower, , Choosing a Pond Liner EPDM liners are the optimal choice full bloom and seedpod in sight. While you are at it, remove any weeds , Simple Lawnmower Maintenance you come across as well. This will not only insure a bounty of blossoms upon your arrival home , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open but also reduce the chance of disease. , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open Next, carefully mulch your flowerbeds with a mixture of finely shredded bark, twigs and well-rotted compost. , What is Roofscaping? This natural , Tips For Cleaning Your Patio mulch will retain soil , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs moisture, repress weed , How To Keep Your Yard Ornamental With A Proper Sago Palm Care development and increase the soil's fertility. Then make sure to give your beds , Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials? a deep watering, once again to a minimum depth of 7.5 cm - 10 cm or 3 to 4 inches. These steps will insure your flowerbed's vitality for up to 2 weeks in normal weather , Roman Concrete - How They Did It conditions. For longer periods or for episodes of drought, , How To Keep Your Yard Ornamental With A Proper Sago Palm Care weave a soaker hose through your flowerbeds and put them on a water , Learn All About Feng Shui Money Trees release timer. Installing the system can be a weekend project or you can hire someone to come in and install a sprinkler system complete with a timer. This is particularly good if you repeatedly spend time away from your garden. , Resin Patio Furniture - Robust Furniture Ranges For Outdoor Areas Be careful not to put the watering frequency too high, as you will drown your garden , Teak Outdoor Furniture if there is rain during the same period. A safe , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond bet is to set the timer to release every 3 to 5 days for a deep watering. 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Where possible, water , How to Create a Wildflower Garden the plant , How To Choose The Right Trees For Your Front Yard Landscaping Ideas in the bathtub or shower. , Care Tips for Planting and Growing Orchids Inside Your House This avoids the chance that water , Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials? will sit in the tray below causing rot. Remember as well to remove all of its "unhealthy" greenery with a pair of clean sharp pruners. Another option would be to "board" your plants , Care Tips for ing and Growing Orchids Inside Your House with a reliable friend, particularly one with a green , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes thumb and similar light , Choosing a Pond Liner EPDM liners are the optimal choice conditions; this is especially worthwhile for higher maintenance plants. , Basil - the Queen of Herbs Hanging Baskets and Container Plants Outdoor container plants , Learn All About Feng Shui Money Trees and baskets require a more hands-on approach for their preservation. The best solution for their care is to collect all your baskets and container plants , Choosing a Pond Liner EPDM liners are the optimal choice and "board" them at your neighbour's or a close friend's home. , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs This eliminates the problem of both your neighbour/friend being entirely put out, and your nagging fear that "they will forget to go over and water". Place , Online Florists your plants , Tips For Cleaning Your Patio in an area easily accessible to a water , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes source, in a morning sun , Gardening Using Trees and Shrubs with Scent in Mind - afternoon shade location. , How To Choose The Right Trees For Your Front Yard Landscaping Ideas This will prevent them from drying out in the summer , Easy Concrete Pavers heat. Xeriscaping - a vacationer's best friend If you are lucky enough to have a plot of land that you haven't planted yet, or the desire to re-design your garden , A Few s Built By The Moghuls to accommodate your lifestyle, then xeriscaping is the way to go. Xeriscaping is the type of gardening , Solar Outdoor Lighting that encourages very little supplement of water, , Do It Yourself: An Attractive Rock Garden Anyone Would Be Proud Of other than the natural , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! snow and rain that your garden , Coneflower or Echinacea - the Best Thing in Your Bed receives. In other words, it is self-sufficient. This form of landscape , Harvesting Herbs does not mean lack of water, , Gardening Using Trees and Shrubs with Scent in Mind rather managing water , Easy Concrete Pavers use. It is low-maintenance landscaping , Gardening Using Trees and Shrubs with Scent in Mind that requires some homework, on your part, to find plants , How to Naturally Dry Hydrangeas specific to your region and climate. , Hydroponics Gardening verses Organic Gardening: Which Grows the Best Cannabis? A xeriscaped garden , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes can be both dramatic and colourful. 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Worry-Free Vacationing By implementing these gardening , What is Roofscaping? strategies and incorporating a wider variety of Xeriscape plantings, not only will your plants, , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs vegetables , Herbal Medicine Chest in Your Backyard and lawn , Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials? thank you, you will be able to go away and relax. You see, "Post-Garden Vacation Syndrome" can be a thing of the past.Great Design , How To Choose The Right Trees For Your Front Yard Landscaping Ideas in essence is about the creation of an exquisite stage for the beauty and quality of life we all desire. From ultra urban to ornate opulence, Robin and his team have passionately and successfully designed it all. Robin's interiors , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! have graced the pages of magazines Worldwide. , Silk Palm Trees Robin has designed interiors , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! for feature , Easy Concrete Pavers films, major retailers such as Home , Small Garden Bridges You'll Love To Cross! Depot (Style Ideas Magazine) and the Designer , Roman Concrete - How They Did It Showhouse. From smaller scale interior , Riding Lawnmower - Choices are Wide Open projects to full scale restorations and developments, Robin's passionate and creative eye overseas all aspects. While fluent in all design , Flower Shops trends and philosophies, Robin is most passionate about historic preservation and the creation of elegant, functional and memorable spaces that convey the best attributes of each owner while respecting and celebrating the architecture that encompasses them. Visit http://www.robindegroot.ca. |
  
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