We love our gardens. But some of us struggle to spend as much time in them as we would like. There’s always something that comes up. Or the weather deters us.
It turns out, though, that there are some garden additions that will encourage you to stay out longer and perhaps even enjoy your outdoor spaces every day. Check them out below.
It turns out, though, that there are some garden additions that will encourage you to stay out longer and perhaps even enjoy your outdoor spaces every day. Check them out below.
Garden Additions That Will Get You Outside Every Day
Sun Lounger
Sometimes you want to sit outside, but you don’t want to be in the glare of direct sunlight. It makes it hard to read, it’s too hot and you worry about what effect it might be having on your skin.
Buying a sun lounger, though, totally changes that dynamic. All of a sudden you have somewhere comfortable you can lounge with a good book. And what’s more, it doesn’t matter if you fall asleep. The sunshade will prevent your skin from baking.
Buying a sun lounger, though, totally changes that dynamic. All of a sudden you have somewhere comfortable you can lounge with a good book. And what’s more, it doesn’t matter if you fall asleep. The sunshade will prevent your skin from baking.
Herb Garden
Here’s something else that will get you outside more often: an herb garden.
Herbs are delicate plants. Without proper care and attention, many will wilt in the sun. They don’t tend to fare so well in pots, so the best place for them is usually open beds.
To keep herbs well, you need to provide the optimal levels of shade, nutrients and water. You can tell you’ve got the formula wrong fairly quickly in most cases because they start to dry out and wilt. Keeping them healthy, therefore, is a daily chore and something that you should attend to most mornings.
Having a herb garden also gets you into your garden more often for another reason: to collect ingredients for your meals. There’s nothing quite like taking a pair of scissors and snipping the herbs you need for your recipes directly off the plants themselves, instead of opening a plastic packet. It feels strangely liberating.
Herbs are delicate plants. Without proper care and attention, many will wilt in the sun. They don’t tend to fare so well in pots, so the best place for them is usually open beds.
To keep herbs well, you need to provide the optimal levels of shade, nutrients and water. You can tell you’ve got the formula wrong fairly quickly in most cases because they start to dry out and wilt. Keeping them healthy, therefore, is a daily chore and something that you should attend to most mornings.
Having a herb garden also gets you into your garden more often for another reason: to collect ingredients for your meals. There’s nothing quite like taking a pair of scissors and snipping the herbs you need for your recipes directly off the plants themselves, instead of opening a plastic packet. It feels strangely liberating.
Ducks & Chickens
Ducks and chickens are both popular backyard features these days. People like them both as pets and for getting rid of pests in the garden. They’re also beautiful creatures and fun to be around.
Buying a portable chicken coop, therefore, can be a great way to get out into the garden every day and make it part of your routine. Chickens require feeding and watering daily, and cleaning out every few days.
Ducks are similar, however, they usually just require a duck house and some sort of pen to run around in, plus a tank for water.
Both of these animals are fun to watch and have their unique quirks. Chickens are calm and relaxed around people and will often peck out of your hands. Ducks are a little more reserved, but still friendly, so long as you don’t move towards them rapidly. Usually, they will enjoy your company.
Buying a portable chicken coop, therefore, can be a great way to get out into the garden every day and make it part of your routine. Chickens require feeding and watering daily, and cleaning out every few days.
Ducks are similar, however, they usually just require a duck house and some sort of pen to run around in, plus a tank for water.
Both of these animals are fun to watch and have their unique quirks. Chickens are calm and relaxed around people and will often peck out of your hands. Ducks are a little more reserved, but still friendly, so long as you don’t move towards them rapidly. Usually, they will enjoy your company.
Add A Pool
If you have the budget for it, you can also add a pool to your garden. This offers yet another incentive for you to get outside and start enjoying yourself.
Pools can be a lot of fun and also require maintenance. So you’ll go outside both for a swim and to keep the water fresh and debris-free.
Pools can be a lot of fun and also require maintenance. So you’ll go outside both for a swim and to keep the water fresh and debris-free.
Plant Some Fruit Trees
If you can, try to plant several varieties of fruit trees that produce their fruits throughout the year. This way, there’s always a reason for you to go outside and start picking.
Fruit trees tend to yield their fruits over a long period of time - from the middle of the year all the way to the start of winter. For this reason, you can collect food for much of the summer, fall and winter seasons if you live in a temperate region.
If you live in a tropical location, you have even more options since various species of tree fruit year-round. Consider planting fig trees, pineapple trees, and more.
Fruit trees tend to yield their fruits over a long period of time - from the middle of the year all the way to the start of winter. For this reason, you can collect food for much of the summer, fall and winter seasons if you live in a temperate region.
If you live in a tropical location, you have even more options since various species of tree fruit year-round. Consider planting fig trees, pineapple trees, and more.
Put An Office In Your Back Garden
Here’s another cool idea to make your garden something you use every day: put an office in it. Because of working from home arrangements, more people are creating home offices that allow them to be as productive as possible from the comfort of their houses. And some are taking this further by building separate buildings that look out onto their gardens. These have full electricity and perhaps running water. But they also offer glass panoramic views of the garden, allowing you to look out into nature every day, while you work.
So there you have it: some garden additions that will get you outside every day. Which of these will you choose for your backyard this year?
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