Preparing the Garden for Planting Vegetables

In the garden

If you want to plant vegetables in your garden this year it is time to get organised.  

Prepare the soil with plenty of manure and dig over

                                            Preparing the Garden 

                                         

• If the weather permits now is a good time to decide where you are going to plant each crop.

• Rotation of crops is key to a good harvest so no vegetable in the same place as last year

The soil has been dug and loosened and I mixed in some manure

• Put the covers of plastic bags back on top of the soil to keep it as warm as possible.

The covers on the soil keep it warm and stops the nutrients from being washed away by rain

• I also take photos and then decide where to plant each vegetable from my computer 
• Decide which seeds and plants you want to buy for this years crop.
• If you plan to grow some vegetables in containers, pots or bags you can also get these ready.

Tidying the Garden

My front garden was looking rather sorry for itself so I decided to tidy it up

My flower garden clogged up with dead leaves

There were still lots of old leaves on top of the grass and plants.

I had already cleared these away a few times.

But hopefully this would be the last time I had to do this.

All the leaves have been lifted from the plants

Once that job was done I weeded the small front garden and dead headed any winter plants.

My front garden is now weeded and tidied up 

The spring bulbs are coming up.  Some had been covered with the dead leaves.  

So now they can get the light and produce lovely daffodils and tulips.

My garden with spring bulbs showing

This small patch of garden is also ready for the summer planting.of flowers. 

I took cuttings of White Daisies, Lavender and other plants from my back garden. 

This will save me money because I will have less plants to buy this year.    

I am glad that work is done. 

It has been annoying me for a while.

The weather has been too bad these past few weeks to do anything in the garden.  

But it is picking up now so I have more of an opportunity to get the preparation work done.  

How to Get Rid of Weeds in the Cracks of your Pavements

A cheap and simple way to get rid of the weeds that grow up between your pavement stones

Grass and other weeds grow on your paved stones.



Buy the cheapest salt you can get. Boil the water .Get out your watering can and add a cup of salt and boiling water.  Mix with a wooded spoon. Pour the water and salt straight onto the weeds This does take time but the results are well worth it.

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The stone slabs in the back garden are full of  unwanted grass and weeds.

Make sure you pour the water and salt into every crack.

Do this whether there are weeds there or not.

The water must be at boiling temperature for this method to work well

The time you take now will save you hours during the spring and summer when you are busy doing other stuff in the garden.

Wait 48 hours and the result will be amazing.

All the weeds and grass will have withered and died

Weeds are dead and will not grow again for over a year