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It doesn't matter if your garden is merely ornamental or you use it to grow your own fruits and vegetables - for a healthy garden this spring, you need to be making the necessary preparations now. But where to start? Well, reading this step-by-step guide towards growing a healthier and more attractive spring garden is as good a place as any! Put your green-fingers to good use now and reap the rewards next year of what you sow today.Give The Garden A TidyGarden debris can collect and mount up over November, December and January, so scoop up old leaves and stray branches with a fan rake to avoid damaging perennials in the soil or any young shoots above the ground. Grass, plants, fruits and vegetables will now grow free from obstruction and your garden will look a lot more welcoming!Compost: The Secret To A Healthy GardenThe role of compost cannot be underestimated when planning your spring garden. It encourages earth worms and other helpful garden creatures to come and aerate the soil, which in turn will fight off the kind of fungi and weeds that can turn a garden into a plant graveyard!There are many ready-prepared brands of compost available .. more »

Cultivating one's own vegetable garden in the backyard can be a highly enjoyable and rewarding experience. Doing so, gives the cultivator an option to choose what type of vegetables to grow and harvest. One of the major benefits of having your own vegetable garden is having fresh and well harvested vegetables. The task of planting a vegetable garden can be successfully achieved by following the simple steps and procedures given below. The following simple steps and procedures helps how to plant a vegetable garden.Materials requiredThe first and the foremost thing you should consider when planting a vegetable is the various materials which you would need. In doing so, you will need a rake, a watering can, a trowel or shovel and seed markers. Apart from these, a gardening kit, used to test the pH of the soil of the garden will also be required. The most important purchase in cultivating a vegetable garden in your backyard is the vegetable seeds you wish to plant.Various ProceduresPre-deciding the choice of the vegetables you want to grow will help in avoiding several delays. You can ensure having a great supply of vegetables by including the vegetables which have been known to have several .. more »