Garden sheds can add to the decor of your garden. Most people who visit your home will notice how beautiful your garden looks when you have a shed. Another reason why people put up sheds in their garden is because they want to organize their backyard. Your garden tools can be easily organized in your garden shed so you don't have to search for them when you need them.



Other gardening products are decorative in nature and are used to make your garden look good. Some of these are figurines, stones and bricks, flowerpots, and even garden furniture.



market garden There are two types of composting: cold and hot. Cold composting is as simple as piling up your yard waste or taking out the organic materials in your trash such as fruit and vegetable peels, coffee grounds or egg shells and then piling them in your yard. Over the course of a year or so, the material will decompose. Hot composting is for the more serious gardener; you'll get compost in one to three months during warm weather. Four ingredients are required for fast-cooking hot compost: nitrogen, carbon, air and water. These items feed microorganisms, which speed up the process of decay.

back to eden gardening Pine needles, also known as pine straw, are a popular mulching choice in landscapes found in the southeastern part of the U.S. It is a relatively inexpensive mulching material and since pine straw decomposes slowly, it lasts longer than some other organic mulching materials. Pine straw will not float or wash away easily and it adheres to sloped and hilly areas.

Using unsuitable or old tools such as a dull shovel will make some of your vegetable gardening tasks almost impossible to be done. So, before beginning your gardening work you should be equipped with properly gardening tools.

alternative gardening with woodchip mulch As wood chips decay, they consume nitrate. You may need to offset this by applying a light layer of a high-nitrate fertilizer. To prevent stem rot or other diseases, do not use wood chips around soft-stemmed plants. Wood chips can attract termites and other insects.

If you're new to the gardening work do not expect after few months a photo of your garden to be published on a magazine's cover. The best you can do when you start with the gardening is to try to keep your flowers and plants alive.