Choosing The Best Type Of Garden
Before starting a new garden you should think what type of garden you want to have. The various types of gardens have a very different look, different products to harvest (if any) and of course they cause a different amount of work to be done. It can be hard to choose exactly one type of garden but it is much easier to start if you begin with a small range of plants that are similar to care for. It will be much less work and you can always widen your choice later.
If you just want your garden to look nice and colorful, your best choice is a flower garden. A flower garden usually mainly consists of perennial flowers. These only have to be planted once and then either stay for a long time or grow new each year from the tubers. Most of them are rather robust and are easy to care for. The main portion of work is in the planting stage and after that you only need to water them (depending on your local climate) and cut them if they grow too big. It depends on the climate in your area what kind of flowers can be considered perennials. You can easily find that out in your nearest garden center or by doing some online research. Flower gardens can be very beautiful but apart from some flowers you may cut from time to time you have no products you could harvest.
A different choice would be a vegetable garden. It usually requires a higher amount of work than a flower garden but you can harvest fresh crops most time of the year. Vegetables are not perennials so you have to seed or plant them every year. What kind of vegetables you are growing is mainly a matter of your likes and dislikes. You don't want to end up with heaps of vegetables nobody wants to eat. There are plants that must be started from seeds indoor and can only be planted outside after some time. Others are more robust and can be sowed directly in the garden. A small greenhouse can also help you to start growing plants early in the year and help them over the first time.
Another type of garden is a fruit garden. It usually requires even more work than a vegetable garden. More garden pests will be attracted by the fruits. Some of the fruit trees need to be pruned every year to regularly grow fruits. Apart from the right soil and fertilizer you also have to deal with pest control. With a fruit garden you have the longest waiting period from starting it until you can harvest your products. But if you do everything right you will probably have more fruits than you are able to eat yourself. Remember that it is a lot of work to care for a fruit garden but it is also very rewarding.
We have described some types of gardens now. Be sure to choose the right one for you. Of course you can also combine different types of gardens if your garden is big enough. Start with perennial plants in the first year. They will require much less work in the following years so that you have more time for annual plants. It is a real pleasure to eat fruits and vegetables from your own garden. Just don't start something you can't handle later because the work overcharges you.
