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Discover How to Plan a Backyard Garden: 6 Steps That Will Transform Your Back Yard to an Envious Garden!
Now that spring is here, it's time begin selecting the best plants and flowers for your garden. But before you do, have you ever been guilty of buying plants on impulse only to discover after planting them they look like the forgotten step child, making your garden look ackward? The goal of this article is to teach you how to plan a backyard garden...right now.
Step 1 - Starting with a Solid Plan
Take the time to assess your garden environment. Determine how much sun and shade your garden gets. What type of soil do you have? Is it the well draining type or does it get waterlogged easily? Take note whether your garden is sheltered or exposed to the sun and wind. Now that you have completed your homework, it's time to buy the best plants for your situation.
Step 2 - Tips at the nursery
Remember shade-loving plants need a sheltered area, plants that love the sun thrive in warm spots, drought-resistant plants can should be located either in sunny or shaded areas and don't forget that swamp plants are terrific for the poorly-drained areas of your garden.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
Falkirk council garden problem?
Hello folks, my partner posted a question on my behalf and it doesnt come across clear lol
The problem is i live in an upper four in a block rented from the council and when i viewed and accepted the house i was told my garden was the at the side of the house and we have a back garden too,, my neighbour below has the front garden and a back garden, we have stayed in our flat for 2 years and our neighbour has always cut our grass, which is is good it helps keep it nice, but the thing is since i have stayed here i have always maintained my garden, i cut the grass 4weeks ago and my neighbour came out 4 days after me and cut it again, knowing clearly it didnt need it, but over the past two years her 17 year old son and his friends every summer in the nice weather, play football in the front garden which is situated below my livingroom window and the ball is kicked so hard of the property and our car thats parked out on the street, its is getting so unbearable for us, our daughter is 2 years old and i want to sit outside in the side garden to let her play and i cant incase we get hurt. I have no problems with the boys playing if they would play nicely and respect others. I have spoke to him and his mother and it goes in one ear and out the other, and when she does tell him off he ignores her too. So i reported the problem to my councillor to help me, and he wrote to the council to get a plan of the garden layout sent to us because recently the side garden had been given to the downstairs tenants in the area ! but each house is different, and if the layout said we had the side garden then a layout would be sent to my neighbour too, so therefore i have the right to tell her to stay off my garden. But instead of sending me a plan layout, they sent out the local neighbourhood officer to tell us what belonged to who ! but she didnt come to speak to us first, she spoke to our neighbour downstairs first before coming to us, and this has opened an even bigger can of worms than before. The neighbourhood officer said that we only have the back garden and the neighbour who stays below us has the side garden, i said i felt that was unfair, as when we signed our tenancy they told us that belonged to us, she said it belongs to them because they maintained the garden before we moved into our flat as the previous tenant didnt look after it, and i feel this is all wrong as i have been looking after it for the last 2 years and now they are saying it belongs to my neighbour just because she cut the grass for so many years before we moved into our house. How does the council know that she maintained it. its only her word. I dont know how to sort this, she is a busy body and interferes in everything from what goes into the blue and green wheelie bin to what rubbish is in your bins !!
Can anyone tell me if they feel the side garden should belong to me ? i feel because the previous tenant failed to keep the garden they have took it from me because it was my neighbour who used to look after it. I had plans for my house to buy it a build a driveway through permission obviously.-
ANSWER:
Move To TEXAS we are free from councils that rob you of your independent spirit and force you to conform
MY GOD WOMAN where is your rebellious spirit
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Any Garden Room Planners Out There?
does anybody have any ideas on how to set up or plan a layout for several garden rooms?-
ANSWER:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seed_swap_uk/
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Garden Planning help!!!?
im moving and i need help trying to plan my backyard/garden...how do you make like a layout sheet or designing sheet for the backyard? Thank you!-
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You should find this to be of help to you.
http://www.ehow.com/way_5700240_diy-scale-online-garden-layout.html
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QUESTION:
Planning a small veggie garden?
I have a space of about 12'x4', that I want to plant some veggies in. I know I cannot have very many in there. My faves are tomatoes, broccoli, beans, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots. The more I read online, the more confused I get. Any recommendations on how many I should plant, and the layout. I live in Norfolk, VA in zone 7B. Thanks!
Also, it is a sunny spot that gets at least 6 hrs of sun, pretty much all day, really.-
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First, get yourself a soil test. It won't take much time to get the results back, and it's worth it. While you are waiting for the results, run a tiller over the area, if you haven't already. If the area is in a low spot, you can till in a couple bags of compost. The analysis is so low it won't make much difference. Rake the bed smooth. Plant your lettuce and carrots. On the North facing end of the garden place a section of fence for the cucs. Along the longest side, most north, plan for your tomatoes. Plant the last week of April. Plant beans along the opposite length. Get bush beans-Blue Lake. Tomatoes 3-4 ft apart, bean seeds 2-3inches apart. Will probably need cages for the tomatoes. Stake the cages, the wind can blow them down. Good Luck!
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What materials do we need for landscaping?
My husband and I are planning to landscape our garden. We already have a layout as we have huge rocks around and we are keeping those. We want to get pebbles and low maintainance plants for it but we know we need additional stuff, like an underlay so weeds don't come through or something? We have had a few quotes and we know we need 2 tonnes of pebbles, so how much of everything else would we need so we can do the job ourselves and save money? Thanks in advance
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I would definitely get landscaping fabric or sheets of black plastic to put under your gravel. They will act as a weed barrier. If you want, you can also plant your plants in it by cutting X's in it and inserting the plants in the X's, then you can mulch over it to hide the fabric. Add a cup of Miracle Gro to each plant to help it along. You can get black plastic in rolls that are 15' across, so you need to measure the area to see how much you'll need. You should put down at least 2-3 inches of mulch, too. How many plants you will need will depend solely on your preference and the type of plant.
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