| These gardening tips are a must for anyone who | | | | structure to build around. Just make sure that you |
| wants a beautiful and healthy garden. If you are not | | | | stay on your side of the fence. |
| implementing them now, you many want to. You will | | | | How about the foundation of your house? Have you |
| no longer wonder why others gardens always seem | | | | planted it yet? Before you do, just make sure your |
| to look better than yours. | | | | gutters are up-to-date. During the next rainfall, pay |
| Provide Structure for Beauty | | | | attention to how the water flows. You don't want to |
| Before you think this gardening tip is too structured, | | | | plant something only to have it washed away. |
| read on. The next time you see a garden that makes | | | | Don't Use Chemicals |
| you stop and look, ask yourself why it attracts your | | | | This gardening tip is not only good for your garden's |
| attention so much. If you look closely, you will likely | | | | health, but for yours as well. Are you dealing with |
| discover that the garden has well-defined structures, | | | | pesky bugs eating all your plants and flowers? If so, |
| borders and outlines. | | | | you may be tempted to use pesticides. Before you |
| How can you do this with your garden if you haven't | | | | do, see what you can do on your own. Many pest |
| already? Are there any paths you can line with small | | | | species can be washed away with a garden hose. |
| stones? Is there some water you can put a bridge | | | | Do some research on the predators of the bugs that |
| over? Is there some place you can build a small wall? | | | | are giving you trouble. If you can, introduce those |
| Think of beautiful gardens not so much as just | | | | predators into your garden. They will eat the bugs. |
| flowers, but rather structures lined with flowers. I | | | | Use compost you make yourself instead of |
| drive by a house everyday that has an old rowboat | | | | manmade chemical ones. It will be much better for |
| in their front yard they use to surround with flowers. | | | | your garden and much cheaper for you. If you are |
| They also put flowers in the boat. It looks great! | | | | not composting, start right away. There is no better |
| Use Structures That Already Exist | | | | use for your biodegradable waste. |
| What natural structures already exist in your yard? | | | | There are more gardening tips where these came |
| Are there any trees or fences? How about some | | | | from. In the meantime, first look around your yard |
| huge rocks or stones? Before you create manmade | | | | and ask yourself what existing borders could use |
| structures, first make sure you decorate the ones | | | | some flowers along them. If there are not any, then |
| you have with flowers. | | | | create some. Finally, ditch the chemicals and go |
| Has your neighbor put up a fence on the border of | | | | natural. |
| your property? Use your side of the fence as a | | | | |