DIY Garden

Before begin to your home do-it-yourself (DIY) gardening works, there are tools required to be there such as the wheelbarrow, glove, garden trowel, fork hoe, dibber, pruning shears, heavy-duty hoe, garden knife, digging spade and more. It is also depending on your planned gardening layout and size overall, not everyone requires a wider range of products. Many people might have only a balcony garden as they are staying in the high rise apartment but some could have to stay on a landed property who can enjoy a bigger size of the yard. For instance, a wheelbarrow that is used transporting material might not be needed for a smaller size of the garden. A dibber is usually practical to have one since it is key for making a hole for seedling, just like the garden trowel that assists in moving smaller amount of soil, as compared to digging spade when heavier duty needed to be carried out.

Fork hoe is useful when the soil breaking has to be done, classically applied in the required loosen of the soil before any sowing or planting to be done. Then, we have the hoe or heavy-duty hoe that also can be used to do soil grooming and removing those unnecessary weeds. Either annual weeds are to be chopped off or getting works done for existing shallow-rooted plants, multiple functionalities make it widely used since ancient agriculture. Furthermore, when stirrup hoe or known as the oscillating hoe is purchased, the owner normally uses this amazing wedding stuff in a situation where the ground can only accept parallel working tool. Some minor but important items such as garden secateurs, garden knife, glove and galosh (or rubber boot) are also good helping tools to get gardening works to seem to be easier. The overshoes can let the user move smoothly and safely in the slippery, muddy and wet surfaces while gardening glove protects you from getting dirty, injured by minor bites, caustic substance, sharp objects or plants' thorns and prickles.

There are a lot of gardens that you can try to do DIY at your home, it is all about the personal choice on which kind of garden to be picked for direction. There are few factors to look at, from the size of your space at the yard, expected outcome for a certain goal, costs and time required as well as level of contributive efforts. Many people will go for vegetable gardens because it is very practical and most of the time, the space need, duration to harvest and efforts incurred will not be as much as other range of gardening works. The fruit garden might take more time and space than vegetables as some of the fruit trees or plants will grow up very tall and wide. Furthermore, there are many fruits not suitable to grow in certain places of the world due to the climate, soil cause, temperature and humidity. However, there are many fruits can still be grown in tropical climate countries such as Malaysia, starting from seed or seedlings, beginners are encouraged to start with seedlings to prevent the risk of not sprouting.

There are several examples of vegetables that shall be started in your home garden, such as chilli, garlic, ginger, onion, curry leaves, mint, basil, pandan, lemongrass and more. Many beginners will try some of the vegetables in Malaysia that are good to eat, healthy and popular, consist of pak choi, kangkong, cabai, okra kacang bendi, sawi hijau (or choy sum), lettuce and more. Cabbage can also be grown from seed stage in Malaysia, the difficulty level is relatively low as long as the pot size is managing properly together with the receiving of sunlight and water regularly, taking it four to five months before it can be consumed. Another cheap and shorter period needed for growing it would be the kangkong, it takes about four to six weeks and water is the essential element for it to grow healthily. Lettuce, cucumber and tomato can also be part of your vegetable garden where crushed eggshells as a natural fertilizer for their calcium intakes will help their amazing growth too.

The orientation of garden is also essential to be done well through proper planning since many owners might consider to put in more than just flowers, could be including herbs, fruits, vegetables, while combining with their close relatives such as trees and grass. There are a lot of people go for a specific garden in which they also make money by selling to some close friends and referrals. One of the leading markets would be a niche mushroom plantation as mushroom has many benefits and the prices are good to be sold, although the efforts and the time involved might be a lot. The most popular farming fruits, of course, would be the durian, which is also known as the king of all Malaysia local fruits. However, it seems not so practical to do it in your own garden since it will occupy a larger area while the fruit can only be harvested after four to five years. At the same time, some might consider the mangosteen, mango, rambutan, langsat, cempedak or rambai fruits tree too.

There are herbs that can be grown within your own garden, providing healthier options to your own cooking instead of purchasing out there in the supermarket. For instance, parsley, basil, mint, dill, sage, thyme, rosemary, coriander, cilantro and more. In Malaysia, there are also a lot of people will grow their national flower, known as the Hibiscus since it can be cultivated almost anywhere within the country. After all, some house owners might take up the hobby to further plant other species of flowers including orchids, ixora, begonia, rafflesia, pitcher plant from Sabah as well as yellowood pine. Growing plants for living fence is also a good choice as it can relieve the stress to small space by fully utilizing it while providing more privacy, some but not of these examples are including climbing roses, ivy, cherry laurel and boxwood. We can also take up the options of Dutchman's pipe, wisteria, climbing hydrangea and many more to make sure the fence is appropriately filled with wonder lively flora.

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