Your Garden At Home: 5 Tips To Make It Flourish

To have a garden at home it does not take much. Neither a large space nor very expert knowledge. In fact, a few tools, a piece of earth or a few pots, a little patience and, above all, a lot of love and the desire to marvel are enough .

To start, you can get a manual that introduces you to ecological methods and the most accessible materials. If you take a liking to it and you learn to “listen” to your garden, you will see how it responds immediately.

1. Pick up today what you planted yesterday

You must choose the right vegetables each season. You must also take into account the hours of sunshine that your garden will have and the volume of land you have.

Once you know the vegetables that best suit your area, you should also investigate what type of planting is best, whether direct or seed, and on what date it is more favorable to plant. Temperatures and rainfall can delay planting by a few weeks in different areas.

2. Protect your garden against pests

Plant basil between fruit vegetable crops to avoid attack by parasites such as aphids or whiteflies.

The basil leaves emit molecules that stimulate the defense system of plants around and “confused” location systems that use the bugs to parasitize.

3. Plant flowers on your terrace

You can also plant flowers. In this way you will be able to attract more insects that, apart from helping you pollination the garden, will keep pests at bay. Some ideas are:

• Campanula. Upholstery for semi- shaded areas. Small in size, it blooms with an intense blue.
• Verbena. Vivacious upholstery that resists the cold well. You can plant it in full sun or in semi-shade.
• Gypsy girls. Perennial for elevated areas from which its colorful single or compound flowers hang.
• Nasturtium. Annual and perennial climbing or creeping. Some have nuanced leaves . It is eatable.
• Gazania. Rustic vivacious with yellow flowers and carpeting habits. It is ideal for rockeries.
• Dimorfoteca. Very suitable for obtaining masses of white or lilac flowers in beds or borders.

4. Choose organic fertilizers

Instead of waiting for pests to appear and trying to combat them with all kinds of fruitless resources, it is better to keep the plants healthy and nourished with organic fertilizers.

5. Give your plants this revitalizing potion

Strengthen your defenses with sprays of the following mixture:

• Vermicompost tea
• Diluted with three cloves of garlic per liter of water (crushed, macerated and well filtered) –
• A few drops of essential oil of sage or thyme.