If you have an outdoor space you’ll want to make it as beautiful as possible. When you’re making improvements to your garden, it’s important to keep sustainability in mind. These five tips will help you to improve your garden while keeping things green.
1. Permaculture gardening
If you’d like to create an eco-friendly garden, you should focus on permaculture gardening methods. The method focuses on reducing waste, utilizing dead plants, and growing crops, all using natural processes. The approach relies on several key principles such as:
- Create a zone for wildlife.
- Choose plants that suit the climate.
- Rainwater will nourish the plants.
- Consider where shade and sun fall in your garden.
- Let Mother Nature do her work.
2. Grow your own foods
Growing your own food is the best way to create an eco-friendly garden. When you grow fruits and vegetables you’ll improve your diet; reduce your carbon footprint; and create a sustainable garden. The first thing you’ll need to do is to check out a few tips and tricks. Read books about growing vegetables, download apps, or check out podcasts. According to Simply Gardening, some of the best vegetable growing books in 2022 include:
- The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible By Edward C Smith
- The Suburban Micro-Farm by Amy Stross
- Epic Tomatoes by Craig Lehollier
3. Choose the right garden furniture
Creating a beautiful garden isn’t just about plants and flowers, it’s about choosing the right garden furniture and accessories. When you’re choosing garden furniture, here are several things to keep in mind:
- Choose comfortable and eye-catching furniture; deep corner sofas are the best way to create a beautiful outdoor living room.
- Make sure that you are choosing eco-friendly materials (bamboo, hemp, reclaimed wood, etc).
- Making your own garden accessories is a great way to keep things green.
4. Make your own compost
The best way to create an eco-friendly garden is to make your own compost. Start by recycling your food waste, then you can add garden waste too. It’s best to purchase a compost tumbler, to store your compost. A compost tumbler allows you to keep your compost pile out of the rain, plus it’s easier to aerate your compost. Here are a few tricks to help you ensure that you create healthy compost:
- Make sure that you balance green and brown materials in equal measures.
- Prevent your compost from becoming too moist.
- Use a tumbler or a garden fork to aerate your compost.
5. Eco-friendly pest control
If pests are attacking your plants and flowers you’ll want a fast and effective way to get rid of them. If you can help it, it’s best to stay away from chemical-heavy pest control solutions. Opt for something natural. There are many natural pest-control solutions for plants including:
- Neem oil
- Diatomaceous earth
- Garlic spray
If natural pest control isn’t working, and pests are making their way into the home, you may need to look into different solutions.
Using these five ideas you’ll create the perfect eco-friendly garden space. When you make the best of your garden you’ll create an extra living space to use for your leisure. Gardening has so many health benefits, from exercise to relaxation. When you keep things green, you’ll create the best garden possible.
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