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Ideas for Nurturing Your Home Garden from Soil Food to Blushing Blossoms

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There are many options when it comes to gardening, time to explore…

Gardening can be the best thing for your home, whether you want to create a colourful space where you can host your friends and family or a garden that will give you fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits. While starting your own garden may be daunting, it is certainly worth it. In addition to the harvesting your own produce and breathing nature into your living spaces, there are also many physical and mental health benefits.

Flower Garden
There are tons of different flower species available for you to explore. However, it is worth doing some research. Every flower needs specific attention and has specific behaviour. They breathe just like we do. The more knowledge you have, the better.

Indoor Garden
Indoor Gardens are generally an affordable way to add drama to a space but require a lot of attention, consistent maintenance and discipline.
Things you need to tick off your indoor garden list:
· Make sure you know just how much water your plants need
· Ensure that you create your garden in a comfortable location
· Consider a place with light
· If there is no natural light, consider using LED lights to nurture your plants.

Herb Wall Garden
Wall gardens have grown in popularity because they are easy to manage and effective use of space for urban dwellers. Herbs are happy to grow vertically so this is a good option for these edible plants.

Vegetable Garden
Vegetable gardens are a good treat. While you may work hard to get it going, you will reap good rewards.
Easy vegetable options to plant are:
Tomato
Spinach
Potatoes
Cabbage
Carrots

Add More To It:
Making Your Own Compost Heap

Making a compost heap is the process of recycling and reusing your kitchen waste to make feed for your garden and plants. It is affordable, great for the environment and easy to make with readily available ingredients.

What You Need?
Garden waste: Grass cuttings are high in nitrogen and fallen leaves are a good source of carbon. Leaves take a little longer to break down than general organic kitchen waste but generate the best compost. You can also add twigs, dead flowers and those weeds that haven’t gone to seed. Household waste: Egg boxes, eggshells, tea bags, coffee grounds, veggie scraps, newspaper
and firewood ash is good options for compost mix.

Don’t use: Cooked or raw meat, dairy products, citrus, animal faeces, diseased or insect-infested plants and plants that have been sprayed with chemicals. Combine composting items in a bin available from hardware stores and garden centres or a heap in the corner of the garden.