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We all have a vision of the perfect garden. This imaginary perfect garden is usually a beautiful, happy, and wonderful place where we can go at the end of the day to relax in our own little piece of heaven. There are probably a number of different flowers, bushes, and trees, beautiful walkways, and relaxing park benches. Sounds of birds chirping fill the air, and there are obviously no interruptions while you enjoy the beauty of your perfect garden. Absolutely beautiful. But then you see the size of garden in front and/or in back of your house, and you get this mean pull back down to earth and reality. That dream garden will probably remain just that, but most of us have a back-up plan using what we actually do have access to, and creating a beautiful garden that we can enjoy. Here are some tips to help you create the nicest garden you can create.


You have all probably heard the rumor that you should cook potting soil for about a half hour at 180 degrees. If you have not heard about this one, then let me tell you right now that such a rumor does exist. But here is the shocking thing: It is true. Cooking up potting soil before you plant with it sterilizes and pasteurizes the soil by eliminating various fungi and bacteria that may have decided to call your potting soil their home. Although cooking up the potting soil is good for your garden, the smell of cooked dirt is a less than desirable one. This is where priorities come into play. For example, you can have a beautiful garden, but if it is at the expense of you and your family moving out for a couple weeks, it may just be worthwhile to have second rate flowers, if you get my drift. It can literally stink up your home for weeks lingering in the curtains and reminding you that you put dirt in your oven. Good alternatives could be to pour boiling water over it, adding in compost which is full of bacteria-fighting substances, or simply buying sterilized potting soil. Obviously if someone was about to bring potting soil into the kitchen and cook it in the same place where you cook food, I cannot imagine that "buying sterilized potting soil" is complicated or sophisticated enough for such a person.


There is a common misconception regarding pesticides that I want to straighten up now. Rumor says that it is beneficial to spray house plants with pesticides even though there is no current problem as a preventive measure. This is not true. There are good bugs and bad bugs for your plants. Spraying pesticides as a preventive measure will only succeed in killing the good bugs, who, given the chance, could have taken care of your problem with the evil critters. In addition to that, pesticides are not necessarily the greatest thing for plants. If, for example, there are a few of the bad bugs in your plants, they will most probably not do as much damage to your plants as the pesticides will.


Rumor has it that there is no such thing as too much fertilizer. If you actually believe that, let me fix that up. That is not a true statement. Over-fertilizing, which many homeowners are guilty of, can cause the plant to produce too much tender growth which is the very thing bugs love to chew on. This can lead to pest and disease problems, so if you care about your plants, some fertilizer is a good thing. Too much fertilizer, however, is definitely not a sign of love.


There is another rumor which many people believe is actually a piece of information that only experts know. That rumor is that the only suitable time to prune a fruit tree is when they are dormant in the winter. This actually sounds like a little-known secret in gardening to anybody not fortunate enough to read this article. But let me tell you that this too is not true. During the summer time, it is the ideal time to remove the water sprouts that may have shot up from the main limbs of the tree, and also to make a few small cuts, particularly at the ends of some of the branches to open up the tree a little bit. However, pruning during the winter months can also be beneficial for your trees. It is important to be sanitary when pruning many fruit trees at the same time. Otherwise, you may just wind up transferring diseases from one tree to another. The best way to avoid this is to dip your pruning tools into a mild solution of water and bleach between trees. This will help prevent the potential transferring of diseases.


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