Garden Maintenance
Once you have your garden planned, prepared and planted, there is Garden Maintenance to contend with! Find out some of our best tips and tricks to make your life easier!
Servings 1 garden 10x 10
Cost $50
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Fertilizer
- 1 fungicide or insecticide if required
Instructions
- Watering The Garden. Choose from drip irrigation or overhead watering. See post for suggestions and explanation.
- Weeding Your Garden. Pre-emergence weed killers can cut down on maintenance. Hand weeding, machine cultivating. See post for more information.
- Fertilization. See post for suggestions for types of fertilizers
- Insect and Pest Control. For helpful suggestions to identify and control insects and diseases in your garden, see post.
Notes
Numbers for time and cost are an average for a 10'x 10' (3 meters x 3 meters) garden.
See How to Start a Garden, Step 1; Planning for help planning your garden
See Vegetable Garden Preparation for help with setting up the garden
See Choosing Plants and Planting your Garden for tips on proper plant installation
See Harvesting and Preserving the Harvest for lots of helpful tips,
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