With the cost of produce rising, many families are turning to gardening again! It's a great recreational pastime for families, and I've been gardening since I was a young child until the last few years. Here are a few tips to make it easier.
*Get your children involved in the skill and fun of gardening. You will cultivate in them the love of caring for plants, watching them grow as God performs His wonderful miracle, and harvesting them for food and enjoyment.
*Use sunscreen before gardening. You may also want to wear a hat to protect from the sun.
*Wear a shirt with a pocket while gardening and keep a tissue and sunscreen chapstick handy.
*Scrape a bar of soap across your fingernails to prevent dirt from getting under your nails.
*Carry your gardening tools in a small caddy, as is used for carrying cleaning supplies.
*Wear a shirt with a pocket while gardening and keep a tissue and sunscreen chapstick handy.
*Scrape a bar of soap across your fingernails to prevent dirt from getting under your nails.
*Carry your gardening tools in a small caddy, as is used for carrying cleaning supplies.
*A good wheel barrow is a back-saver and very helpful for transporting mulch, plants to transplant and a multitude of other things. Heavy plastic ones won't rust if kept outdoors.
*If you have a portable or cell phone, take it with you as you garden so you don't miss any important calls, but use it while inside a Ziploc bag to protect it from dirt and water. Of course, if you get a call that can wait, tell them you will call back at a more convenient time.
*A rubber kneeling pad found in the gardening department is kinder to your knees than the ground for when you have to be on your knees to plant flowers or vegetables or pull weeds.
*Some people like to use a small stool as they work in the garden. You can even purchase a gardening stool on wheels these days with storage too.
*Use a "grabber" for picking up sticks in your yard after heavy winds. It's a back saver.
*A 5 gallon bucket is handy as you pull weeds.
*Take time out to enjoy the singing birds while you are gardening and thank the Lord for the miracle of growth as you watch your garden grow and enjoy the fruits of your labor!
*If you're short on gardening space, try "Square Foot Gardening," using the book by that name.
*Raised flower and vegetable beds are much easier on your back.
*If you're short on gardening space, try "Square Foot Gardening," using the book by that name.
*Raised flower and vegetable beds are much easier on your back.
*A combination of raised beds using "Square Foot Gardening" would be a gardener's dream!
*Extend the growing season at both ends by building and using a cold frame.
*Check out a book at the library on how to propagate plants. It isn't difficult. You can learn how to take cuttings from lilacs, forsythia and weigelia bushes, roses, redbud trees and many other plants. It will take longer for results, but it won't cost you a thing, except practice in patience. Share cuttings with your neighbors and ask if you may have cuttings from their yard as well.
Happy Gardening!
Happy Gardening!
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