Recycle: Compost For Planting Flowers
Compost for planting flowers in a flower garden can be a great way to fertilize and condition your flower garden without the use of chemical fertilizers. They are also easier to manage than plant-based fertilizers. Flower garden compost is basically the collected organic waste material that remains after the flower garden plants die or before they drop seeds. Flowering plants don’t like the smell of compost, so you need to keep the compost area clean and dry. When you do the right things with your flower garden compost, you will reap the rewards by being able to enjoy your flower garden throughout the year.
The flat sides on a flower trowel allow it to easily hold compost for planting flowers in pots, otherwise called potting soil. Flowering plants like the tall tulip and Weeding types have short thick roots that make it difficult for them to break down materials that are left in the soil. Flower garden compost is made of green, wet organic matter such as grass clippings, coffee grounds, vegetable scraps, and animal excrement and manure, which are usually transferred from the yard to the compost heap. A tumbler wheel is used to mix the material together, and then the tumbling action of the compact pile soil with the compost breaks down the material into nutrient-rich compost.
Flower garden compost can be used in a flower garden to improve your garden soil, weed control, and to enrich your flower garden bed with organic matter that will help to feed and nurture the ground-dwelling earthworms and other organisms that are part of your ecosystem. You should only add about one-half pound of compost per acre of flower garden space. You should also mulch in the compost when you are preparing to add it to the garden trowel, as mulching the compost will protect the compost from spreading out too thin or being consumed by the weeds that are already in the garden. A tumbler or wheel can be used to mix the material into the compost heap. Then, the finished compost can be loaded into the garden tractor for tilling and planting new flower garden beds.
This is a great way to recycle household waste that you would otherwise just be tossing in the garbage. Many people compost because it is a great way to reduce their household waste. They can also compost in the event that they will be doing an outdoors garden, and there is always the option of using worm composting bins. Kids love to help with garden chores, and they have an opportunity to help out with the garden in this way, too!
Flower garden markers make a great way to mark the areas of the garden that have been tilled, or planted. Because these gardening tools are so durable and sturdy, kids can help to remove the soil as needed and then replace it with fresh soil without hurting themselves or anyone else in the yard. Garden markers are available in a variety of styles and designs, which make them a fun activity for kids of all ages.
If you would like to have more than one garden marker in the garden, that is perfectly fine. If there are only two or three flower garden markers in the yard, kids will tend to use one, unless they are given a free choice of which one they want to use. After planting seeds in the garden, it is very common to want to cover it up, in order to prevent wetness from spreading. This is especially true when it rains. Using flower garden markers in the ground in the same place where the seeds were planted makes it easier to keep the grass trimmed to a uniform height, while protecting the roots of the plants.
After the garden has been established, it is necessary to water it often enough to get the seeds moist, but not so much that they drown. Most kids love to pretend that the flowers and plants are growing right along with them. To encourage this, it may be helpful to put some pebbles or other small rocks on the soil around the flower garden. Once the kids get used to seeing the rocks each morning, they will likely continue to do so. The rocks serve as a reminder that the area around the flower garden was once used to grow seeds.
One final trick for using outdoor space wisely is to add some decorative items to the garden. Flower seed holders, small pots and egg cartons all make great accents to the area. These items also serve to make the kids feel more a part of the process of growing seeds and planting a flower garden. Allowing kids to help you do this task can make the entire gardening experience even more fun for kids.