Gardening

                         GARDENING 

Gardening, ofcourse all of them would have done atleast once in life. It gives a beautiful bonding between us. It makes us very relaxed, teaches us about patience , lively makes us understand what is nature. 

In this pandemic situation, many would have started gardening as a hobby . Report says that record numbers of people began cultivating coronavirus victory gardens. In a matter of weeks, seeds, seedlings, and fruit trees sold out online and in gardening centers.

Gardening keens some interest on it.Gardening is actually a practice of growing and cultivating plants, it includes fruits , vegetables, herbs, ornamental plants etc.

For lots of  people, Gardening is an addictive hobby. For others, it is a strict disciplinary measure to keep their garden neat and tidy. The garden or the surrounding lawn of a house is very very important. It not only adds to the visual beauty of the place, but also allows the residents to dwell a bit amidst nature. People who are fond of plants and flowers usually prefer to keep gardens; they are also interested in Gardening and treat it as their hobby.

Gardening is a very skillful hobby, and it also makes the practitioner a very patient and hardworking person; this is so because Gardening requires utmost dedication and care. A garden is a very dear place for the owner. Having a garden of one’s means one can stroll in it whenever one wants. Having a garden allows people to grow fruits and vegetables of their own; they can do organic and Ayurveda plantations. Many people even carry out hybrid planting to obtain a hybrid quality of flowers and seeds.

Growing flowers in the garden make it look gorgeous and colourful; they also bring a natural fragrance within the living spaces. Flowers are an essential part of the garden and add to the marvel of the place. For these various reasons, having a garden surrounding the house is desirable. However, to reap the benefits of a beautiful garden, one should also take good care of it and maintain it. This is why the practice of Gardening is essential.

Gardening includes the growing of plants and flowers, maintenance of the plants, and the timely care of them. It is a tricky business, and whoever does not have prior experience can face difficulties in the beginning. It is not an easy task. Growing plants takes patience. Planting seeds on the ground and regularly watering it would not suffice. Other factors, such as soil fertility, the surrounding temperature, the manure, etc. need to be taken care of.

They also need sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis and nourishment. People who have a genuine love for growing plants can take the responsibility of gardening themselves. Those who want to have a garden but are not very interested in the gardening part can hire a professional gardener who would do the job for them.

Gardeners basic chores include daily watering of the plants, looking after their nourishment, supplying the soil with manure and fertilizers, and planting new seeds. New plants can also be grown by buying saplings from the nursery. If interested, bonsais can also be improved.

Thus Gardening is an exciting activity. It does require utmost dedication, but it is worth the wait. Gardening helps a person to buildable hands, which can look after the very minutest of details. It makes the gardener faithful and patient. Gardening also incites a newfound love for plants in the mind of the gardener. It is an investing job and requires an able, responsible person.

TYPES:-

1. Native plant gardening

2. Indoor gardening 

3. Water gardening 

4. Container gardening 

5. Community gardening 

6. Garden sharing 

7. Commercial gardening 

FACTS:-

• Plants really do respond to sound .

• Cranberries float in water 

• Strawberries have seeds outside 

• Peaches, pears, apricots, quince, strawberries and apples are members of rose family 

• Ginkgo is one of the oldest living tree species 

• 1st potato was cultivated in Peru , 7000 years ago

• Sprinkling coffee grounds helps deter snail & slugs

• Trees are the longest living organisms on earth 

• Baking soda gives you sweeter tomatoes 

• Bhut Jolokia is 401.5 times hotter than hot sauce  

• Watermelon and rhubarb are vegetables 

• There are 10000 different varieties of tomato 

• Peanuts belong to nut family 

• Gardening relieves stress 

• There are 257454 millennial farmers 

• An acre of land is about the same size as a football field 

• Agriculture is the single largest employer in the world 

• India ranks2 in world agriculture production 

BOOKS EVERY GARDENER MUST READ 

• The Well-Tempered Garden

• The Dry Garden

• Planting: A New Perspective

• We Made a Garden

• Down the Garden Path

• Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City

• A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seeds

• Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst

• A Gentle Plea for Chaos

• The Education of a Gardener

• Modern technology on vegetable production 

• Vegetable gardening for beginners 

BEST APPS FOR A GARDENER 

1. Garden Answers 

2. Garden journal at Territorial Seed 

3. Garden Manager 

4. GrowIt

5. iNaturalist

6. Johnny’s Seeds Planting Calendars 

7. Plants Map 

8. Gardroid- vegetable garden 

9. Urban veggie garden 

10. Moon and garden 

BEST PLACE TO BUY VEGETABLE SEEDS Online 

• Johnny’s Selected seeds 

• Burpee

• Plant Good seed Company 

• Hudson Valley Seed co

• Seedville USA

• Terrain

• Native seeds 

• Nurserylive

• SeedBasket 

• AllThatGrows

• SahajaSeeds