How You Can Become a Gardener

The internet has plenty of information and articles available for those who want to learn more about growing things

. There are even articles for gardeners who have years of experience under their belts. Even gardeners who have won medals like to keep current on gardening trends. Since you are a new gardener you probably have a lot of ideas about how growing a garden of your very own is supposed to work.

While you learn how to grow your own garden you are probably going to encounter a lot of contradictory ideas. Learning how to tell the difference between good information and bad information can take a while. Here are some hints and tricks that every new gardener should know.

Go slowly. If this is the first time you've grown a garden begin with one plant (or just a couple of one type of plant) and a small plot of soil. This will help you learn how to tend the ground as well as the plant you are trying to grow. If you do well with your first plant (or patch of plants) then you can move up to more complicated gardens and gardening techniques. Many newbie gardeners take on way too much way too soon and then later they are disappointed when they can't seem to grow a vast array of plant life. To really learn the art of gardening start small and work your way up-don't skip steps.

Slugs and snails are pretty much the most irritating pests in a garden. You should get over your squeamishness as soon as possible. These pests love garden plants and are excellent hiders so even if you develop a way of dealing with them, you probably won't get rid of them all. Get used to the idea of taking them off of your plants.

Strategically placed jars of beer and running some copper wire are some of the popular folk remedies for gardens plagued by slugs and snails. There are even special traps and special food that you can try to use to lure them away from your plants but sooner or later you will have to learn to deal with them first hand.

Composting is a fantastic way to keep your growing garden healthy. You can make your own compost without having to buy special things.

Beginning your own compost pile is easy. You can build a compost pile out of just about all of the organic material that you normally toss out: coffee grounds, tea bags, paper, dead flowers, fruit and vegetable scraps from meals, grass cuttings and even the bedding from a hamster, gerbil, rabbit or guinea pig cages can be used. Pretty much the only thing you can't put into a compost pile is meat. You'll have created homemade fertilizer and garden food all on your own! Lots of people think that gardening is difficult. Believe it or not gardening is something everyone can do! Don't let yourself feel intimidated by the different and complex gardens you will see on television or in magazines. You might not be ready to believe this yet but it truly is possible for you to grow the lush gardens you've fantasized about having. With just a few seasons of gardening even a total newbie can learn how to have great luck with plants. Have fun! You'll get there eventually!

How You Can Become a Gardener

By: Dilly Lake

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