How to Grow More in Your Garden With Less Work
28.06.2023 - 11:47
/ treehugger.com
Many of us wish that we had more time for our gardens. But with the right approach, we can work less and grow more in a garden. Here are a few tips to help you increase your yields from a garden without having to work as hard.
First things first, we can save a lot of time and effort in any garden if we take the time upfront to better understand the space. The more we observe and the more clearly we see our outside space, the better equipped we are to make the right decisions about how, where, and what we grow.
Taking the time to assess where we are, to think clearly about what is achievable in the space, and where we want to go can help us avoid expending effort without success in the future.
The main things that we should look at include:
We can also learn a lot by looking at existing vegetation and wildlife within the space. Additionally, we should look beyond its boundaries to better understand the broader context in which a garden lies.
Once we have taken a good long look at our gardens and truly seen them, we will be better able to complete the design process.
Completing a design can definitely save time and effort later. While never fixed in stone, designs guide us as we create and maintain our gardens, help us see our goals more clearly, and help us avoid common pitfalls and mistakes since everything will be carefully thought through.
Design and simple preparation and planning really can make a big difference when it comes to the yields we achieve and how much effort we have to expend to achieve them.
Through the design process, we may often see solutions to challenges within our outside spaces more clearly. We should also see where it will be beneficial to set up certain systems beforehand to save time and hard