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21.08.2023 - 11:37 / theunconventionalgardener.com / guest
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting to sprout green thumbs, we’re sure an idyllic green, well-kept, spacious garden is your common goal. Thankfully, this is easily achievable if you dedicate time to the hobby to enhance your gardening skills and create a stunning outdoor oasis in which you’re proud to spend time.
But how? In this article, we outline several steps for improving your gardening skills and using them to revamp your outdoor space. From learning how to use the right tools and not paying for premade compost/mulch, we cover everything you need to know to transform your outdoor space into a thriving, lush green area – keep reading to find out more.
Whatever your hobby is, you cannot expect to improve without the necessary tools to bolster your skills. With reliable, high-quality garden equipment, your garden will thrive, and you can make the improvements you want (or the alteration will be more challenging with your existing, inferior tools!).
Obviously, this doesn’t mean you have to purchase everything brand new; you can find loads of high-quality, preloved gardening gear using online marketplaces like eBay or Facebook Marketplace. Nor does it mean that you must stock up on every gardening tool you see; instead, decide what alterations you want to make, conduct your research, and only buy the tools you need.
Once you’ve purchased all the tools you require, you’ll need to think about storage to keep them safe/well-maintained and not clutter up your outside space. Garden sheds are an excellent option, yet if yours is already crammed with stuff, it might be best to create more space using personal storage units like the ones from the self-storage company Safestore.
Using their third-party storage
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Lauren Alex O’ Hagan, Cardiff University
Header image: Good enough to eat – ‘Outredgeous’ lettuce grown under pink lights on the International Space Station. NASA, CC BY-SA
Word by Matt de Neef, The Conversation
Header image: Three sisters (winter squash, maize and climbing beans) summer garden at the University of Guelph. (Hannah Tait Neufeld), Author provided
Header image: The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter. Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SA
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At times, usually when I supposed to be doing something else because I’m a grad student and procrastination of some form seems to be part of the gig, I find myself planning what plants I would include in an imaginary biodome on a inhospitable planet many astronomical units away. Imaginary biodomes are one of my favourite thought exercises – to me it is the perfect fusion of my love of space exploration and my attempts to grow as much as my own food as I can in my small backyard.
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Michael Dixon, University of Guelph
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