If you are keen to get the most out of your garden this summer, then why not try and become a little bit more green-fingered? It can be challenging to get motivated to mow the lawn when it looks like a jungle. Pruning the roses might be more like macheting through a rainforest as they look like triffids rather than sweet-scented foliage. If you don’t know your corn cockle from your crocus, but you do want to learn, then it’s time to make your garden an extra living space outside of your home. Take a look at how you can become more green-fingered in three easy steps.
Go Slow And Watch TV
While you shouldn’t be whipping on Netflix and watching your favorite box set at any given opportunity, you do need to watch gardening programmes. Gardener’s World on the BBC and Gardening Hour on Radio 4 may seem like they are made for the pros, they are catering more for novices like you. They will guide you through a glossary of gardening terms and help you to nurture your first plants. There are plenty of tutorials online to help your propagate seeds, grow vegetables, and plant perennials. Some of the easiest flowers to grow are hydrangeas. These can be planted and left to do their own thing. The same can be said for roses and lupins. Go for those plants and flowers that can be planted and then left well alone. When you see these plants bloom, you will be more motivated to give trickier to care for foliage a go.
Don’t Do It All
While it can be great fun learning about new and exciting flowers and foliage, you don’t have to commit to a full-on English country garden straight away. Focus on the nurturing aspect of your garden when it comes to your living borders, and then opt for a more easy to maintain lawn by looking for artificial grass near me rather than having to get the mower out every week. Artificial lawn can look impressive and permanently well-coiffed. It’s also brilliantly resilient for pets and small children running amok in the garden. Treat yourself to some decking too. Zoning out your garden is useful to create more interest and to give your eyes other things to look at.
Outdoor Dining
If you are keen to have an al fresco dining area in your garden, think about getting more green-fingered with your vegetables. Imagine heading to your veggie patch to pick some potatoes for your dauphinoise and some dill for your shrimp butter. Pick up some seeds from your local garden centre and think about propagating them in your shed. This involves planting them in little pots and spraying them with water every day, before seeing green shoots emerge. When they are three inches tall, they are ready to transfer to your raised vegetable bed. This can be a great way to engage the kids in gardening and helps to get their eyes away from screens.
Get outdoors and enjoy learning more about your garden. Plants, flowers, and foliage can add real interest and colour to your garden. Get more green-fingered and have fun in your outdoor living space.
