Gardening And More

                                  April Gardening Calendar Start planning for Spring. April is the perfect month to start planning your garden for the current year. As a refresher for last year’s thoughts, ideas or plants you were thinking about purchasing, dust off your gardening journal to see what changes or additions you wanted to make this year. A garden is always evolving. Irrigation: In zones where your irrigation was turned off for the winter. Irrigation should be checked each year in spring. Turn on the irrigation to make sure the irrigation heads are working properly. Check for leaks, cracked heads, and spray direction. Some issues you may be able to fix yourself, if not call an irrigation specialist. Roses: Your roses should be trimmed between February 12 – 20, if you have not pruned your hybrid tea roses it’s not too late to trim them now. For more information on trimming, caring, and ...

  Image courtesy of Pexels Enjoy the Health Benefits of Gardening Gardening is an enjoyable hobby that a person of any age can take up. Not only is it an exhilarating activity, but it can also provide many mental and physical health benefits when done regularly. From eating more healthily to enhancing your mood, Hibiscus and More outlines the many benefits that gardeners of all ages can enjoy. Enhances Health and Mood Gardening can seem to be a relaxing activity at first glance, but, as Maryland Primary Care Physicians notes, you're actually getting an aerobic workout when you're outside for even just half an hour. From simpler tasks, such as watering, to more involved usage of heavy tools, you'll find that getting outside and working in your garden is a great way to keep active. Aside from the physical benefits of this exercise, Food & Wine points out that you'll also notice your mood improves when you garden, much like with any other aerobic activi...

April Gardening Calendar Roses: Your roses should be trimmed between February 12 – 20, if your have not pruned your hybrid tea roses it is not to late to trim them now. For more information information on trimming, caring, and fertilizing your roses click on my blog . Vegetable Gardening: Garden center retailers are still reporting skyrocketing sales for vegetable starts and seeds this year versus last year’s sales. Start planning and planting your vegetable garden now to reap the rewards of homegrown vegetables, if you are thinking about having a vegetable garden this year, today is the time to start. Vegetables can also, be planted in large containers or raised planter beds. Put on your gardening gloves and reap the rewards and benefits of a spring vegetable garden. For more information on vegetable gardening click on my blog. Color Annuals: April is ...