Placing Your Outdoor Container Garden
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It’s very important to select a good place for your outdoor container garden. The wrong place can harm your plants. You have to find a place where your plants will receive enough sunlight and are given some protection, and is convenient for you.
A big factor in choosing the location is where your plants can receive the right amount of sun. This may mean locating part of your garden in one area of your yard, and part of your garden in another area.
You might have plants that need so much sun and others that need shade, so you’ll have to divide them or make a shade for the ones that need it.
Being a container garden, it’s so easy. If you just have a few plants that require shade, you can set up some sort of shade system. Using a tarp or other shade system, you can fashion a frame over your plants that blocks sun for most of the day, depending on how much shade the plants need. This way, you can locate your shade-loving plants with your sun-loving plants.
Plants next to streets are a no-no. Car exhaust can harm your plants. Cars can also kick up dust that could settle on your plants, and their tires can also potentially throw rocks and other debris that could damage plants or break pots.
Your container garden’s location should be as near your house as possible. There are several reasons why you want to do this. Your convenience is the first reason. A garden that’s a little far away might not encourage you to take care of it properly.
Also, the closer to your house your garden is located, the less likely it is that it will be harmed by critters. Rabbits, deer, gophers, and other garden pests don’t like to get too close to human scent. If you keep your garden closer to your home, the animals will be able to smell your scent more strongly and might be unwilling to approach your garden.
Another great reason for locating your garden near your home is in case you need to move your plants indoors. There might be times when you need to bring your plants indoors, for example, during a storm. Your plants will be easier to move if they are very near your house.
If your garden had been infested for years already, you should move it to another location. Pests often go to the same place as last year to find food. If you relocate your garden, you have a small chance of keeping these insects from finding your garden this year.
If you’re growing very large plants like corn, choosing the right location from the start is extremely important. Moving large plants might be difficult. Planning your garden with care can save you a lot of trouble after.
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