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Full Weekly Bad Maintenance for Matchless Gardens
With March just days away, it's time for the moment your landscape has been waiting for - Spring! And though March may not be Spring proper just yet, we're still in the process of prep to make sure your El Dorado gardens are knockouts all season long! Last week we discussed tree trimming, so this week, we're getting into what many consider to be the main event of the season - flower bed maintenance! Everyone loves it when the first flowers of the season bloom. And designing a new flower bed makes you feel like this is what having a yard is all about. But, over time, it's easy for flower beds to fall into disrepair. It's not apparent because it doesn't happen all at once, but like a weed, it'll creep up on you. That's why it's helpful to have some Divine intervention. With our watchful eyes and trusted skills, we'll keep your gardens looking as good or better than the day you planted them.
Things Grow, Things Die
Things grow, and things die. Right now, somewhere, a baboon is lifting a lion cub prince in his coronation ceremony. It's the circle of life. Part of the beauty of a garden is its importance and the care it takes you to keep it. But you don't always have the time and skill to know and provide what it needs. In addition, change is constant, and what's gorgeous growth one day might overwhelm the next. Every garden is different, but there are a few general tasks Divine keeps in mind when performing weekly garden bed maintenance.Weeds!
We'll start with your flowers' worst enemy - weeds. You've probably heard the saying that a weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place. But, unfortunately, that means that weeds need many of the same things your flowers need - water, sun, and soil.
That's why you'll often find weeds trying to make their way into your garden. The easiest way to prevent weeds is to make the environment as inhospitable as possible for them. Since your other plants want the same things your weeds do, you can't take those resources away, but what you can do is leave little room for them to grow.
That means creating a complete and vital garden and covering the flowerless spots with a weed barrier of mulch. Then, when Divine performs our weekly maintenance, we'll notice the few brave weeds that breached your barrier and pull them for you.
Mulch
Mulch is your garden's best friend. We explained one of its benefits above, but it also serves the purposes of insulating, retaining water, and creating a beautiful backdrop. But your mulch needs occasional touch-ups. Water from a severe storm can wash mulch away. Animals may dig or take pieces of it for a nest, and it deteriorates over time. To keep your garden healthy, we keep your mulch plentiful.Pests
You're not the only one who loves your flowers! Chinch bugs, grubs, and armyworms are just some of the unfriendly critters who want to make your beds home. Divine knows the signs and how to get rid of them.Pruning
With your flowers' constant growth, they won't always look their best. That's why part of weekly bed maintenance is pruning. As parts blossom, others die, and sometimes whole flowers finish their life cycle. We'll remove dead plants and cut off unhealthy parts of living flowers so your beds stay pretty and healthy.Deadheading
One subcategory of pruning is deadheading. Deadheading is removing the spent blossoms from flowers. Doing so helps to keep your plants healthy.
It helps to concentrate your plants' energy on vital areas so you can grow more flowers!