Having a beautiful garden is a real luxury, but it’s not always easy to maintain. To help you create a healthier garden, check out the following five tips.

5 Ways To Create A Healthier Garden

1.  Pest Control Solutions

Pests can quickly ruin a beautiful garden, and so it’s good to have some solutions in place. To help you out, here are a few neat ideas:

• Chrysanthemum powder: Try dusting your plants with chrysanthemum powder, to keep the pests away. It’s a natural pest control remedy made from the chrysanthemum flower. These flowers contain an ingredient caused pyrethrin, which is great at removing pests.
• Neem oil: Made from the roots of the Neem tree, this oil is another great natural pest control solution.

Once you’ve got rid of the pests in your garden it’s far easier to grow lovely foods and flowers.
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2.  Manage Your Weeds

No one wants a garden that’s full of weeds which is why you need some good weed control. To remove weeds try using white vinegar, or boiling water. It’s also worth buying some mulch for your garden. With a layer of mulch you can block the light, and stop weeds from growing. If you’re having trouble getting rid of the weeds for good, you might want to get help from a professional gardener.

3.  A Healthy Compost Pile

To make your garden healthier, you need to make yourself a healthy pile of compost. Rule number one is that you’ll need to use equal amounts of green and brown materials. Green materials are nitrogen based, and this could include materials such as grass clippings or fruit and vegetable waste. Brown materials are carbon based, these could be chips of wood or cardboard. It’s important that you retain the correct moisture levels for your compost, and that you turn the pile regularly.
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4.  Improve Your Drainage

Perhaps your lawn tends to get waterlogged? If so, it’s a good idea to try and improve the drainage. First, rake your lawn regularly, to remove layers of thatch. There are several other methods you can try including:

• Aerating the lawn: This is a great way to improve the drainage, you can add air to the soil with the use of a garden fork. To learn more about aerate lawn, take a look at Procare Landscape.
  
• A French Drain: a French Drain installation can help you to improve the drainage of your lawn. You might be confident enough to dig a drain yourself? If not, it’s time to call in the professionals.
  

5. Grow Your Own Vegetables

If you really want to create a healthy garden consider growing some vegetables. To help you get started try using apps such as ‘My Vegetable Garden’ or Garden Organizer. Here you can learn plenty of tips and get yourself a beautiful vegetable garden. Growing a vegetable garden can help you to save money, improve your diet, and become more sustainable.

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With the help of these ideas you’ll soon create the perfect garden.

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