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New to gardening and very young
This is what I would do ....
Mark off the area you are thinking of planting in - take a hose or something like that and get an idea of the outline of the plant bed. Feel free to start small. Then, after you know where you want your plants, take a shovel and mark out what you outlined w/the hose, know what I mean? Basically, dig out an edge for your new flower bed. Then, dig out everything in the middle of that, down about 6 or 8 inches, save the soil (in a wheel barrow or something) and mix some other soil in w/it that you can get at a garden center, maybe some top soil or soil w/some nutrients in it, like miracle gro stuff. Also, you'll want some inexpensive edging to keep the grass from growing back into your flower bed. You can buy rolls of it at Walmart and the like, it's simple to use, stick it around the edge of your bed, and put the dirt back in that you dug out. Voila, plant bed. Magazines, books, etc., all have very useful plans and ideas and tips for starting from scratch. Now you have to figure out what to plant. This is where your local nursery, a neighbor, parent, sibling, etc., can help. Are your mom or dad into gardening? If you have a neighbor w/a flower garden, even if they are a few streets over, go talk to them, introduce yourself, there's almost nothing a gardener likes better than to talk plants and show some tricks to, and even share plants that they've run out of room for. mmmmm, free plants! :-) Also, lots of times there are local gardening clubs that have plant swaps, etc. Try to find plants that you like, put tall ones toward the back, shorter ones toward the front. Look at the ID tags that come w/plants to see how tall they grow, how far apart to plant, etc., if they need full or part or no sun, that way they don't just fry or shrivel. Also, seeds may be the less expensive way to start, but I like faster results myself ... buying small plants at nurseries yields instant results and nowadays they're inexpensive. Also, try to ask about pests that attack plants, if they're easy to care for or require more work, etc., and if you're ever talking to someone at a garden center that doesn't seem to know their butt from their elbow, then go somewhere else. Don't worry about doing anything wrong - my mantra is "If it grows, it grows". Best of luck and welcome to the wonderful world of gardening - if you're like most of us, you'll be running out of room for plants you buy or inherit, lol. LeeAnne "noone" wrote in message . .. Hello. Long post sorry. Well the background is I am a teenager almost 18 now you know the age . I know little of what I have read so far since I know nothing about planting. Still I don't know much at all. I have a little area in the back of my house, a yard. I want to garden do something with that yard. It is a yard covered in grass in weeds we just cut it when it gets high. So its not a nice grass lawn but just a common grassy spot hehe. Regular crud. Problem is I don't know where to start. I know I have to remove some grass I don't want to remove the whole thing I would get in trouble with the folks. So I have to start with a small section. I absolutely know nothing of terms I have read example mulch, spading, etc. I just want to see if maybe some nice people may help me get started in a small project in my yard. My budget is really small lol. Maybe some veggies might be too tough. so there it is I do not know what to do and need help. AREA DESCRIPTION: Its a small yard. Seperated by a wooden fence but connected to the neighbors yard. Fence runs above the dirt. So its like a big lawn that was constructed then divided by a fence. But I have my share. Dont know if that matters. Gets good sun out there. I am in South Florida. The dirt in the yard is black. If anyone can help a complete beginner I would really appreciate it because I would like to grow something and feel proud about it. |
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