A Beginners Guide to the Different Garden Styles

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A Beginners Guide to the Different Garden Styles

It?s not uncommon for beginning gardeners to feel a little overwhelmed by the number of gardening styles that exist and the differences between them. Though many people elect to carry out one style, combining several styles into one garden is not only perfectly permissible, it can bring perfectly gorgeous results as well.

However, understanding style differences can be important, so here?s a run down on a few of today?s most popular gardening styles:

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What is Gray Water and How Can It Help Your Garden?

What is Gray Water and How Can It Help Your Garden?

Anyone who has ever tried to keep a garden alive during a drought… or experienced the shock of high public water bills during a hot dry summer, needs to know about gray water.

Gray water is not actually gray in color. Instead, this is a term which refers to water which is able to be recycled for use in your lawn and garden. A lot of water used in a standard American home can be reused to water the grass, trees, and flowers in your yard. It’s perfectly safe if done properly, and it makes an amazing difference in the health of your yard and garden - as well as your bank balance.

Now there are different ordinances and laws for gray water usage across the country, so you’ll need to consult with your local city before starting to use gray water in your own gardens. It’s also considered best to avoid using it in vegetable and food gardens.
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Beautify Your Garden With Ornamental Grass

Beautify Your Garden With Ornamental Grass

Planting and growing ornamental grass in your yard and garden is a wonderful low maintenance way to add beauty with color, texture, and interesting focal points. Ornamental grass tends to grow quite high in many cases, so this adds an extra dimension of vertical interest in your yard and garden. And while some ornamental grasses can grow as tall as 20 feet, they don’t usually need to be trimmed or cut in the same way regular yard grass or bushes do.

Planting ornamental grass in bare spots of your yard can create a brand new look in the area. The grass can be used for naturalizing multiple areas of your yard, or it can be added to flower beds and gardens too. Some types of ornamental grass can be invasive though, and some might grow tall enough to block your flowers from receiving enough sunlight. So choose the ornamental grasses you plant in flower beds wisely.

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Victory Gardens

Victory Gardens

Although utilized in World War I, Victory Gardens became one of the cornerstones of the war effort during World War II. In the United States, Canada and Great Britain civilians were asked and openly encouraged to grow their own vegetables in order to reduce the strain on market prices and inventories. ?Grow more in ?44? became the battle cry for citizens everywhere to do their part for the war effort. Over 20 million Americans alone grew victory gardens in 1944 resulting in about a 40% decrease in market demand which greatly increased the food supply to our soldiers in Europe and the Pacific.

Victory gardens were generally planted with vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes, beans, corn, carrots, squash, spinach, lettuce, and other staple produce normally bought down at the local market. Of course after the end of World War II, Victory Gardens became less and less around the country as produce supplies increased on grocers shelves. The idea of helping your country during a time of crisis somehow brings back the carefree days of your youth and a much simpler time.

You can still return to that bygone era when you create your own Victory Garden. But instead of helping our soldiers, consider that you are helping your family and yourself. Creating a Victory Garden will not only reduce your grocery bills each week but will also relieve stress and tension while reminding you of a time when life wasn?t so hurried. Plus, you will get the added bonus of actually growing delicious vegetables for your family. Make it a family project and have everyone pitch in with their own choices of produce to grow. Divide the garden into sections for each family member and watch how everyone helps out and comes together for a come cause. This is what happened over 65 years ago but on a much larger scale.
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