First rays of sun, mild temperatures, beautiful days, do not doubt the spring is pointing the tip of his nose. With him, it is nature that wakes up. It is high time to prepare your garden. Weeding, removing dead leaves, pruning work is not lacking.

Delete what is dead

Do not doubt, the cold winter has not only good for your plants. First of all, a lot of cleaning work is needed to prepare your garden. We will have to cut, cut and remove everything that is dry, dead or damaged. Although it seems ungrateful, this work is necessary to allow the plants to find a good health.

  • Cut the dead branches
  • Remove anything that is dry
  • Remove anything that is damaged

Even if you have to make a clean space for what is dead, do not do Atila gardens: cut, cut, but do not tear, what seems dry is not necessarily all damn. On the other hand, if you have plants that tend to grow in bushes, do not hesitate to make everyone his space using tools size. As if your plant was at the hairdresser's, lifting the clumps and cutting everything that is dry. In addition, if your plant tends to spread too much, it will cut in the quick and give a good shape not to suffocate neighboring plants.

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Prepare the terrain

We do not do anything new on an old field. With winter, it's as if your land has become impure. It must therefore be prepared to receive new plantings and sowing.

  • Remove the weeds: this operation allows the earth to regain oxygen and stops its exhaustion to feed useless herbs. You can remove them by hand, with small tools to reach the roots. When the grass that can invade the tiles of the terraces, you just pour over the cooking water pasta or rice still boiling. A totally natural weed killer.
  • Spade the earth: this operation aims to make the earth much more flexible and loose. As you return the land, you can feed it with fertilizer or organic elements to feed it.
  • Re-draw your gardens: some plants use up more soil than others. By changing the location of your seedlings, you will restore breath to your land.
  • Remove all residues from the previous year. With the winter your plantings of the last year left residues. All residues of old roots, vegetable leaves, potato fans etc. should be removed.

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Prune plants and shrubs

With the arrival of spring, the sap will rise and it is essential that you help plants and shrubs. The size will make it possible to eliminate everything that is dead and to prepare well its garden. You must therefore take care of perennials and fruit trees.

  • Cut dead branches or damaged ones. It's enough to trust the color. The branch is green it is healthy, brown and dry it must be removed.
  • Remove anything that is not healthy. To eliminate everything that is not healthy, it is done at the level of departures and new ramifications.
  • Rebalance the shapes: the size of spring is also an opportunity to give a nice shape to your shrubs. Re-harmonize, balance the number of branches and leaves, it's beautiful and it's good for your shrubs.
  • Eliminate all branches that are crossed. In fact, crossed branches do not breathe properly and suffocate.

Which plants to prune in priority:

  • the roses: still in vegetative rest, it is the moment to intervene on these. Perennial branches should be favored over those that are dead or unproductive to help young shoots.
  • shrubs: if the first buds or leaves of your shrubs are not out yet, then there is still time to prune them.
  • the perennials:
  • fruit trees: if you have apple and pear trees, it's also time to prune them. Use a pruner for small branches and a pruner force for large. The cut should be done diagonally to avoid any significant water infiltration into the wood.

Prepare your vegetable garden

The good days are there and inevitably you want to plant everything. However, to make a beautiful garden is to take the time to prepare your garden. After boring the soil to make it flexible and permeable, seedlings must be taken care of. Some plants can be planted directly in the ground, while for others it will be necessary to do before sowing. Several sowing techniques are possible:

  • Directly in the ground if the period of frost is over
  • Under cover: it consists of a semi outside, but under a shelter that would be glazed to take advantage of the sun and its heat.
  • In nursery: ideally suited to all plants that are particularly fragile.

Once the shoots have taken, it will be enough for you to transfer them in the ground so that they continue to flourish. Moreover, thanks to the labels often available in seed packets, identify your plantations. Finally, make sure to organize your plantations according to compatibilities. All families do not necessarily get along well. For example, do not plant asparagus with eggplant.

Also know that some flowers can be planted in the middle of vegetables, because they will be perfect natural pest control.

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What tools to work:

To work well on your soil, it is essential to have the right tools:

  • A spade, a claw, a rake, a pick for small hand tools for precision
  • a tiller for large spaces or to make a turf.
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