There are many ways to make a garden nicer. Composting is good for the environment and allows for a richer more productive soil. Attracting earthworms helps in breaking down soil and assists in keeping the soil moist and ventilated. Keeping weeds and grasses also helps in the general upkeep of the garden. Pests can be a huge problem with slugs, grasshoppers, mice, birds and the like. In my opinion organization is the most important element in a nicer garden. Tilling the soil, enriching the soil, and staying on top of weeds and grasses is a major challenge. Take a week or two off and you could be looking at a garden that is full of grasses with seeds, a variety of weeds and even overgrowth of vegetables. It is very difficult to have plants that are growing and to deal with grass. Bermuda grass is very difficult to get rid of.

This type of grass grows deep in the soil, maybe a good foot or so beneath the top soil. To remove this grass is to take on a big project, a project that may take up to a growing season or so. Most times the grass can be pulled out by hand but the grass starts to grow with the vegetables and makes it challenging to weed as the grass is sometimes deeper than the vegetables. It sometimes happens that when removing the grass the good plants can be uprooted as well. Composting can be a fun project. It is good for the environment and is a good way to save money by turning scraps of vegetables into natural fertilizer. The creation of compost by children is a good way to teach about plant biology and to learn lessons on patience as it takes a good four months to create a good batch of rich compost. It can take up to one month of collecting the brown compost of leaves, branches, newspaper as well as the green compost of peelings from vegetables, green leaves, cuttings. Earthworms can be added to assist in the breakdown of the soil and the result often are huge earthworms that can help plants to grow. As the worms eat the compost they turn the plant matter into soil. Making your own compost is a frugal way to save money as you are making your own rich soil. Pests are discouraging when planning your garden and options need to be made how to tackle the pests that are attracted to your garden. These pests can be large from possums, to small rodents like mice, who will want to enjoy some the fruits of your labour.

Slugs, grasshoppers, sol bugs and other insects can also damage your crop from your garden. Butterflies and moths can become a problem if left on their own to grow and devour. A good slug killer can help to control the pests. There are many pesticides in hardware stores as well as a homemade trap of beer inside of a shallow plastic container. Slugs are attracted to the smell of beer, crawl inside the one half inch wall of a plastic cup, start drinking the beer and eventually fall in and drown. By planning well and being organized, a nice and productive garden is possible for all families with land to grow. A garden is a nice family project that can be fun and can yield a nice crop of healthy and natural fruit and vegetables without chemical pesticides.

A family garden is a nice project to help save money, learn biology and to learn patience. By far the most important element to the success of the garden is be organized and to plan in advance.