The dream of a beautiful garden bed - we show how you can make it come true.
From planning to possible harvest: become a gardening professional!
Munich - Seeing a beautiful flower bed in your own garden in summer, possibly even combined with a plentiful harvest for your own cooking pot - that is the dream of many garden owners.
But it often fails due to a lack of know-how.
While it's not difficult to create your own garden bed, there are some mistakes that should be avoided.
We will show you step by step how to create your own garden bed.
Garden bed: planning and preparation - this is what the first steps look like
Before it really gets down to business, it is important to plan the garden bed and prepare for gardening, writes
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.
The following considerations are central:
Where should the garden bed be laid?
Keep in mind that many plants prefer different locations.
Depending on the type of plant, you should find out whether it needs shade, partial shade or a lot of sun.
Do you also think fundamentally about the design of the garden bed?
How big should it be, what shape should it have?
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recommends a rectangular shape for vegetable patches, if you want to grow herbs, a spiral shape is also good.
Preparation also includes acquiring the right tools and materials - it is very annoying to be stuck in the middle of work and then having to interrupt it for a short visit to the hardware store. You need a spade and hoe as well as the materials to create the bed -
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advises wooden pegs, wooden planks and curbs and a cord to attach. Last but not least, you still need compost, soil and of course the plants and flowers you want to grow. Before things really start, you have to lend a hand: Use the spade to draw the outline of the planned garden bed, remove the sward and loosen the relevant soil with the hoe. When digging up, you should also remove root remains and any weeds.
Creating the garden bed: important tips for the optimal start into gardening life
First, enrich the soil with nutrients - compost and special potting soil are recommended.
The larger the bed, the better stepping stones fit into it - so you don't have to prance around between plants and flowers when caring for the bed so as not to step on it.
In a vegetable patch, it is also very advisable to separate the plants from one another with boundaries, as otherwise they can partially hinder each other's growth.
Vegetables in particular have favorite neighbors.
In general, it is important that you think about the arrangement of the plants.
Here it applies to
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According to, to sort accompanying plants, guide plants and filling plants, to pay attention to the crop rotation in the vegetable patch and not less important for the aesthetes - to include the coloring.
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