Backyard Gardening for Beginners

By Susan Wright

Are you looking to learn how to plant delicous vegetables, garden herbs and beautiful flowers in your backyard?

Do you want to plant a garden in your backyard, but don't know where to start? Did you also know that gardening can also help improve your health in many different ways? Do you have goals for your backyard garden, but don't know how to achieve them?

Have you been searching for a resource to help you understand gardening and how to get started right away?
If this sounds like you, then keep reading!

Regardless of who you are and what you want to accomplish, the basis of gardening is the same for everyone. This book will hellp you understand everything you need to know about backyard gardening including the benefits and challenges that it brings, and I will provide you with a step by step process for achieving a higher level of understanding of backyard gardening along with some practical tips and processes that you can use to put into practice right away.

Within these pages, you will discover:

• Basics of Gardening - Everything You Need to Know
  
• Sustainable Gardening Concept
  
• Types of Gardens
• Benefits of Backyard Gardening
  
• Beginner Garden Tools
  
• Soil pH
  
• How to Prepare Compost
• Types of Shade
• How to Design Your Garden
  
• The Seeding Process Step By Step
• How to Design a Small Backyard Garden
• How to Design a Front Yard Garden
  
• Planting Process
  
• When to Start the Seeding Process
  
• How to Transplant Seedlings
• Feeding Plants to Make a Successful Garden
  
• Watering Tips for New Plants
• Fertilizer
• Why Plants Need Fertilizer
• When to Fertilize
• Houseplants and Container Garden Fertilizing
• Soil and Nutrients
• How to Have a Vegetable Garden in Your Backyard
• Tips to Make your Gardening Process a Success
  

AND MUCH MORE!

No matter how young or old, how inexperienced or experienced, or what education level you have, this book will be able to help you understand the process of gardening in your backyard so you can utilize it in your daily life to achieve the things you want to achieve. The things you want to achieve don't have to be huge goals like building a 50 acre farming plot (although it could help!). If you're ready to take control and learn what backyard gardening can do for bettering your life - then look no further.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishing Forte
• Release date: Apr 5, 2021
• ISBN: 9781954937093

Susan Wright

Susan Wright is the spokesperson for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. In that capacity she has appeared on the Fox Network’s The O'Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes, as well as on various programs such as NBC’s Dateline, and others on CNN, CNN Headline News, ABC, NBC and FOX affiliates in New York, St. Louis, Chicago, and more.

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Introduction

Interest in growing a garden reached its height in early March 2020. The explanation was that people were craving an inexpensive, fast, smart way to fix our nation's food supply panic. But now, as life steadily returns to normal, the intrigue around starting a backyard garden still persists. Good Housekeeping saw a nearly 200 percent rise in interest around gardening content in May 2020 compared to the previous year.

If you want to exercise your imagination, improve your home's curb appeal, or lead a healthier lifestyle, creating a backyard garden from scratch is an exciting way to begin. Plant or start a vegetable garden (or both!) with fragrant florals, and everyone will profit from getting their hands a little dirty.

In reality, the health benefits from gardening are numerous.

It can be hard to know where to start if you’re new to gardening. It doesn't have to be complicated though; you can ease into gardening at your own pace when you break your project down into manageable steps. And soon, with stunning views, tasty flavors, and vibrant blooms, you will see the benefits of your efforts. The steps mentioned in this book will help you get started from scratch, but you may also use a garden plan to direct your design if you have anything unique in mind.

The gardening advice mentioned in this book will take you through all the meaningful aspects of successfully designing your garden, from selecting the best planting positions to proper watering and troubleshooting common problems. You just need patience and the desire for a beautiful garden to succeed. With the mastery of a few basic life skills, most plants can be grown and cared for easily.

Gardening can be overwhelming if you have never done it before. However, with the help of this book, we will clarify the fundamentals of gardening, including plant variety and the required care to ensure your plants grow. We will also describe the basics of seed sowing, and advise what to do when things go wrong.

We've just provided a small sample of the many reasons people would want to start a garden. We believe with the information provided in this book, we will provide many more!

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Basics of Gardening - Everything You Need to Know

Why have you decided to begin backyard gardening?

Maybe you have never lived in a house with a backyard before, and now that you have one, it seems like an appropriate thing to do. Alternatively, maybe you have decided it is time to plant some flowers and give your yard a little more color. Or maybe you simply enjoy gardening and like to see the results of your time invested. We all want to do our best and not make mistakes. To make the gardening process successful and get the best value, we want to choose the best plant varieties available with all things considered.

Gardening is enjoyable and doesn’t have to be too tricky. Mistakes will be made though. The best way to begin working is to start with the fundamental basics.

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We can define Gardening as,

The method of establishing a specified area for the cultivation of plants such as flowers, herbs, or vegetables.

Gardening can be viewed as both an art and a science, focusing mainly on plants and their cultivation methods. Since plants are often grown in conditions markedly different from those of their natural environment, it is essential to apply cultivation techniques derived from plant physiology, chemistry, and botany. The basic concepts involved in growing plants are universal, but their implementation naturally requires much adaptation to local environmental conditions.

The Biology of Gardening

It was only after a certain degree of civilization was achieved that gardening flourished. Wherever that degree has been reached, in all parts of the world, and at all times, people have used their environment to make it an appealing show. Thus, the impulse and even enthusiasm for gardening seemed to emerge from some primal response to nature, engendering a desire to achieve growth and harmony in a creative collaboration with it.

However, most people who work on a farm derive a sense of accomplishment from tending their plot. They also found that the attention to the shrubbery and herbaceous border's seasonal changes increased their comprehension and enjoyment of gardens in general.

A significant increase in gardening interest happened in Western countries after World War II for both gardens with flower beds and those with a vegetable area. The increased interest in gardening generated an unparalleled expansion of the gardening industry: nurseries, garden centers, and seed companies. Articles, journals, and newspaper columns on gardening also have gained a great deal of coverage, with television and radio shows garnering quite a following.

Reasons for Backyard Gardening

A variety of reasons for this expansion are clear. The increase of leisure time in developed nations resulted in a multitude of people enjoying this pleasurable pastime. The increased demand for self-sufficiency in necessary skills also sparked an increased interest in backyard gardening.

In the kitchen, homegrown potatoes and ears of sweet corn reward the gardener with a sense of accomplishment because they usually taste better than purchased produce. Increasing awareness of the natural environment's threats and the dullness of many inner cities have also encouraged people to cultivate the greenery and color around their own front doors. The bustle of 20th-century life has forced people to rediscover the soothing impact of gardens on their health.

The Lure of Backyard Gardening

Gardening is a fulfilling hobby that can be just as challenging as it is easy and can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of age or skill level. At its heart, but not least significant, the gardening experience starts with the child's enjoyment of manipulating seeds to create colorful displays. And at the adult level, it can be something as basic as caring for a vegetable that can contribute to a sense of pride, much like in parental achievement.

At higher levels of appreciation, one must understand gardening's complexity, which parallels the level of knowledge needed to play a game of chess with nature successfully.

The gardening experience should include visiting some of the world's great gardens at different seasons to see the relationship of individual groups of plants, trees, and shrubs to the whole design; to study the placement of plants in terms of their color, texture, and weight of leaves or flowers; and to understand the use of unique features such as ponds or water-courses, pavilions, or rockeries. Community garden visits offer an opportunity to consider the cultural factors as well as the changes in climate and the soil that has led to the diversity of garden making.

The attraction of gardening is such that it involves a diverse range of activities. The garden offers everyone the rare opportunity to practice imagination as a planner, artist, technician, and scientific observer. Many still enjoy trail running, which is calming and therapeutic. The garden, which is given due reverence as part of nature and a place of reflection, holds a special place in many's spiritual lives.

Easy Art to Learn

One of the critical areas that draw people into gardening is that it is an easy art to learn. The beginning artist will produce pleasing