Recommendations to prepare your garden for a bright spring
Even though February started bitterly cold, we are happy to announce that we have passed March 21. That means spring is officially starting. Many people are looking forward to this season because the cold temperatures are getting less and less, and the flowers and plants are starting to bloom. To enjoy spring in your garden, you should start preparing the garden now to be able to sit outside. Below some recommendations on where to start the preparations for a bright spring.
Garden maintenance
During the winter weather, you do not do much maintenance in the garden. Therefore, people start to do garden maintenance once the temperature is starting to rise again. Activities like pruning (cutting the branches of garden plants), mowing, and weeding are some of the first activities. Afterward, people will focus on how to make the garden more beautiful, which pond plants should I buy, are these fit for my pond, is it too deep or not deep enough. What color should I give the fence? Even though it takes some time to prepare, once the maintenance is over, you can enjoy your garden peacefully in the new spring and summer season.
Garden plants
We recommend a garden with fresh green garden plants and a few flowers in all kinds of colors. To start with colors in spring, flowers such as violets, tulips, and daffodils are easy flowers to obtain, and they are bright and fit in almost any garden. These flowers are available in all kinds of colors, so it is easy to choose a color that fits your garden. Furthermore, you can purchase these flowers that are already blooming and plant them in your garden.
If your settling for pond plants, consider the depth of the water. Not all plants are suitable for shallow water, some require their roots to be able to go into the depth. Besides this, a lot of pond plants won’t do well in running water as they’ll just float with the stream. considers buying mossy plants or rooted down plants in this instance.
Another recommendation is to turn your garden into a fruit garden by planting your fruit tree. There are many kinds of fruit trees available and it gives your garden extra color as well. Instead of buying the apples in the supermarket, why not bake an apple pie from your apples? Other fruits like pears, peach, cherry, nectarine, etc. are available as long as they can grow in our climate.
Garden furniture
Once you are finished with the maintenance of the garden, you also want to check on the furniture. Especially if the garden furniture is left outside during the winter. It is important to check that there is no damage to the furniture, otherwise, we recommend purchasing new furniture. Many providers will start to advertise in March because it is the perfect moment for the customers to start their orientation. In case you are looking for furniture, find something made of aluminium, since furniture from this material is quite insensitive to bad weather (rain, wind, and cold).
Do not wait in your garden. If you start now, the earlier you will be done, and the earlier you can enjoy the time in your garden during spring and summer
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