Planning Next Year's Garden

Seems like it's a little early to start thinking about next
year's garden, doesn't it? But now is the time to survey
your gardens and see what's going on. What needs to be
changed?

The first thing you want to look for is where does the sun
hit, and when?

Roses and vegetables do better in an area where they get
morning sun, especially when it starts getting cooler.
The morning sun will warm them up faster and keep them
producing longer. Using this method, you will be out in
the first snowfall gathering the last tomatoes before
they freeze!

Plants like lilies and petunias, stuff that has a natural
growing, bloom cycle anyway, will do fine with afternoon
sun.

One of the greatest tools for planning your garden are
the catalogs from places like Gurvey's or Spring Hill.
These catalogs will give you all of the details about
each plant -

* How much sun they need

* How big the plant gets

* What is it's growing/ blooming time

* How far apart to plant

One thing that scares people away from catalog buying is
not being able to see what you're getting ahead of time.
Imagine my shock when my 80 lilac bushes were nothing but
a bunch of sticks! But I followed the directions, and they
grew. Except for a couple, and those were replaced. So,
don't be afraid.

I had also order tall hedge. Another 60 sticks. Imagine my
neighbors amusement when I was out there planting all those
sticks. It was a brand new subdivision at the time. Everyone
basically had mud for landscaping. By the next spring,
everyone else was trying to figure out what to do with
their yard. My landscape was in full bloom and hardly
required any work at all. Even the lilacs bloomed, even
though they were only about 2 feet tall that first year.

I had an ever-exploding landscape. tulips, daffodils, lilacs,
assorted lilies that bloomed at all different times, yucca,
roses, balloon flowers, butterfly bushes, 4 o'clocks, I mean,
it was amazing.

And I did it all by using the catalogs to map out the garden
plans. So grab a catalog and get out in your yard and start
planning for next year.

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