Start to work on your garden

Do you have a bare patch of ground that's just calling out for flowers or vegetables? Make your garden dreams come true -- growing annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs takes a bit of know-how and elbow grease, but the results will be worth it.

Arm yourself with gardening knowledge before you tear into the soil -- keep reading to learn all about starting a garden.

Assess Your Garden Conditions
The first thing you need to do is you need to get the picture of how your garden will look after you start to plant the whole or part of your land based on your idea.You must conduct a

survey ,the lay of the land before you make your gardening plans. Where are the buildings and large trees in relation to your garden plot? Is the soil fertile and ready to support plants? Will the garden drain well? Find answers to these questions before you plant your garden,also the most important is the plant appropriate to fit into the area that you have plan? How will it be after years??

Preparing Garden Soil

Garden soil is made up of clay, sand, and silt; gardens grow best when your soil has the right balance of these materials. Fertilizer helps to make sure your plants are getting the nutrients they need.

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Before you begin planting, you must remove large stones from your garden and make sure the soil is adequately fertilized. We will need to learn more technique on how to prepare the garden soil.

Buying Plants

Buying healthy, strong plants is important if you want to give your garden a good start. Stay away from plants that look diseased or discolored.

Starting Plants from Seeds, Cuttings, Divisions, and Layerings

Starting your own plants from seeds, cuttings, divisions, and layering saves money and expands options. But be prepared to give propagation a certain amount of attention. Young plants need tender loving care to get them off to a good start.So you need to plan out to have very cute little nursery for them to grow.

Many plants grow well from seeds, especially annual flowers, herbs, and vegetables. You can find new, rare, or old-fashioned varieties that aren't available in local nurseries in seed catalogs. Seed sowing allows you to grow a few, dozens, or even hundreds of seedlings from a seed packet that costs a dollar or two. That's economy!

Certain special plants don't grow from seeds. They need to be cloned (vegetatively propagated). This is done by rooting sections of stems, roots, and, in a few cases, leaves. Clump-forming perennial plants can be divided into several pieces. Stems of some kinds of plants can be rooted while still attached to the mother plant. This is called layering. Some plants can be propagated equally well in several ways.

Ahaaaa....I've something to share what i've got here,not only for baking cakes also it is very useful for our garden, that is Baking Soda...  :)

Baking soda is becoming the vital part of a green cleaning kit -- you can clean ovens with it, freshen carpets, and even strip paint with it. But it's not all about cleaning. You can also use it as a facial scrub, teeth whitener, and deodorant.

While there are myriad uses for baking soda in our homes, I wanted to introduce you to a few ways to use it out in the garden as well. Here are four of my favorite ways to use baking soda in the garden.

Using Baking Soda in the Garden

1. Make a Spray to Treat and Prevent Powdery Mildew Powdery mildew is a problem for many plants, including lilacs, monarda, and zinnias. Squashes and cucumbers are particularly susceptible to it in my neck of the woods.

2. Sprinkle Baking Soda on Cabbages (and other Brassicas) to Thwart Caterpillars If those small green cabbage worms have been making Swiss cheese of your cabbage, broccoli, and kale plants, try this trick: Make a 50/50 combination of flour and baking soda, and dust it all over whichever plants the cabbage worms are eating. They'll eat the combo while munching the leaves, and die within a day or so. Repeat as necessary.

3. Sweep Baking Soda into Sidewalk Cracks to Discourage Weeds

Simply pour or sweep a thick layer of baking soda into sidewalk and patio cracks. The baking soda will kill any small weeds that are already there, and prevent new ones from sprouting.

4. Kill Crabgrass

Crabgrass can be really annoying, and if you're noticing it in your lawn, garden beds, or sidewalk cracks, you can use baking soda to get rid of it. Simply wet it down, then pour a thick dusting of baking soda on it. The crabgrass will start dying back in two to three days. One word of caution: try to be careful where you're applying the baking soda, because you could harm your lawn grass if you get too much of the baking soda on it.

I hope these garden-related baking soda tips come in handy. I think it's time for me to start buying this stuff in bulk too!