Once you have picked what garden you want, there are many other
factors you need to decide before you actually get to work with
your gardening tools. Mainly you need to choose its location.
This is usually decided by
several factors: How you will water it, how much shade it needs,
etc. Some of these questions can be very important in deciding
whether your garden lives or dies, so don't take them lightly.
You need to take each one into
special consideration.
Choosing the garden's location within your yard is one of the
more important things to decide. You want to choose a location
that will provide an ideal climate for the plants in your
garden. I don't know what
type of garden you're dealing with so I can't give you specific
advice, but if you do a Google search for the plant you're
dealing with then you'll find a plethora of sites informing you
about the perfect conditions for its growing. After this, it's
just a matter of finding the most shaded or most sunny spot in
your yard.
Another deciding factor is how you plan on watering your garden.
If you have a sprinkler system already installed for your grass,
then it could be a good idea to put your garden in the middle of
your yard. Then it will get watered at the same time, and
require no extra work from your part. But if this doesn't
provide for a good location for your garden, then you might end
up watering it by hose or dragging a sprinkler out there. In
this case, just make sure your garden is within the ideal
distance for a hose to reach. While this might not seem like a
good thing to base the entire location of your garden on, you'll
be surprised at how nice it is to plan out in advanced.
Getting the perfect amount of shade for your garden can be a
difficult endeavor. Once you have a basic idea for where you
want your garden, you might want to watch it and record how many
hours it spends in sunlight and
how many it spends in shade. Compare your findings to an online
web site, and you should be able to determine whether the spot
you chose is ideal or not for planting and starting your garden
in. Of course the amount will
change as the seasons change, but this should give you a good
idea of what to basically expect for the rest of the year. If
necessary, later you can put up some kind of shade to protect
your garden from getting too much sun.
After you've determined the ideal place for your garden and
whether it has the right amount of sunlight, and whether you
will be able to conveniently water it, you're one step closer to
actually starting your garden. Of
course there are other factors that I have overlooked here, but
mostly you should be able to decide whether your location is
good or not based on common sense. Just think: If I were a
plant, would I be able to flourish
here? If you can honestly answer yes, then I think its time for
you to head out to your local gardening store and buy the
necessary soil and fertilizer to get started! Have fun!
