Weekend Gardener and Beauty

Lawn Garden

The best thing about the weekend gardener is of course a beautiful garden that screams beauty. A fresh, green garden that looks sleek and shiny after some rainfall.

Hello, are you a weekend gardener like me?

If you are looking for information on how to make your lawn or garden beautiful, you have come to the right place.

I have been a weekend gardener for around 15 years, and there is nothing easier on the eye than a fresh, green lawn and garden bathing in the sunshine.

Keeping a lawn tidy and picture perfect is a tough task for anyone, especially when you do not know where to begin. I used to wonder how to make MY garden the best in the neighbourhood and luckily I happened to cross paths with one of my old friends (who is also a gardener). We got talking and we came across the subject of growing the perfect garden.

He showed me a book that totally changed my outlook of the whole aspect of gardening, esecially for the weekend gardener.

In this book were secrets that only a few of the gardening elite knew. As you would expect, I was totally in awe and I was glued to reading this book for weeks.

I swear I have read it over 10 times because it is so full of information that I did not know!

I am reminding you that this is coming from a person with 15 years gardening experience and this book can still teach an old dog new tricks!

At first, I thought the information in this book was too good to be true, so I did my own research. I slaved over my garden for a good few years to rigorously test these new findings and I am sure you will be shocked to find out how easy it is to start up gardening and become a pro in a matter of weeks! You will have the garden that will be the envy of the neighborhood!

I cannot recommend this book more, it is truly a godsend. Thanks Robert for introducing me to this book.

I started this blog to share what my friend shared with me. If you would like to view the book that changed my life- just click here

Weekend Gardener

Weekend Gardener

Weekend Gardener

One of my favorite things to do as a weekend gardener is composting. Composting and the weekend gardener go hand in hand. It is one of the best ways for a weekend garderner to feed his/her garden organically. Basically, composting allows you to turn organic waste into rich nutrients for your garden and, while composting is a very simple process, there are some basic steps that you should follow in order to build a good composting pile. I hope that these tips will help the weekend gardener to develope a love for the weekend garden as I do.

The weekend gardener doesn't really even need a special bin or box to contain a compost pile. All you really need is the compost material (although some kind of container is recommended just for the sake of tidiness and for keeping rodents, flies and creepy crawler types away).

The weekend gardener such as myself can find material for composting in forms of dead grass, leaves, shrubs, and lawn trimmings as well as left over fruits and vegetables from the table.

Most weekend gardeners including myself keep home composts contained in old trash bins with lids or even boxes made from spare wood or wire frames. The most important thing is that the pile of compost be exposed to air.

Another key to successful composting is layering. Composts should have alternating layers of green and brown organic materials. The green organic material should consist of fruits, vegetables and grass clippings, for example, whereas the brown organic material should come from dry leaves, twigs or small pieces of wood. If the weekend gardener has too much green organic material the compost will become too high in nitrogen whereas too much brown organic material in the compost will make it too rich with carbon. Too much nitrogen may cause slime and too much carbon may cause the composting process to move too slowly.

Maintenance for the weekend gardeners compost pile or bin is also important. Don't let the pile dry out. It should be regularly checked to see that its moisture is maintained and it should be watered if there is not enough moisture. It must also be regularly mixed and fluffed to make sure that the entire compost pile is exposed to adequate amounts of air. Mixing the compost pile approximately every two weeks should be sufficient. It is also best, but not absolutely necessary, if your compost pile is directly in the sun and if your compost is not inside a container of some type, the best place for it is directly on the soil.

While knowing how and what should go into your compost pile is important, knowing what should not go into your compost pile is equally important. Chicken, dairy, fish, and meat products should never go into a compost and neither should human waste or pet waste, fats and oils, diseased plants, or even plants that have been sprayed with herbicide.

Composting for the weekend gardener is a simple process and easily learned. You will also reap many benefits from composting. Not only will you be enriching your soil when you mix it with the compost pile, but you will be disposing of unwanted materials in an earth-friendly way, thereby helping to minimize the amount of garbage dumped into landfills and aiding mother earth in the process. Good luck and happy weekends from my garden to yours!

Weekend Gardener

Weekend Gardener

Welcome to my weekend gardner blog. Here I will talk about the joys of a the weekend gardener and also provide some tips on making a more enjoyable experience for the weekend gardener.