Gardening is the hobby of growing and cultivating plants and be a part of horticulture. In gardens, if ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance, useful plants, such as root vegetables, leafy vegetables, fruits and herbs are grown for consumption, for medicinal or cosmetic use.

Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity. Gardening may be very specialized, with only one type of plant grown, or involve a large number of different plants in mixed plantings. Gardening is a relaxing hobby that can be enjoyed by people from any age group. A person may like gardening because he likes the feeling of earth on his palms.

I got this hobby when I was a small girl through my mom. She used to take us to grow vegetables and watermelons in the fields. I have a small place in front of my house. I have many potted plants. I like flowering plants. I have 20 types of Begonias, impatiens, anthuriums and indoor plants. I love to see flowers in my garden. This is the season to transplant or plant new plants.

Going to a nursery is like going to the grocery store. Make sure you have a list and stick to it. Gardening gives you an opportunity to take your mind off your daily tasks and problems and concentrate on another task entirely.

 Taking Up Gardening for a Hobby

Please understand caring for plants can be overwhelming and it’s easy for new gardeners to get confused. So before you get your ‘hands dirty’ here’s some of the most common mistakes new gardeners make, you will want to avoid.

• Overwatering: Most new gardeners think that the more water you give plants, the better – when usually, just the opposite is true. Take the time to learn exactly what the water needs of your plant are and count to 10 before turning on the hose. If you are watering anything daily, you are probably watering too much.
• Fertilizing: More is not always better. Often it is worse. Take the time to learn the nutrient needs of your plants and the differences in various kinds and levels of fertilizer. If you feed your tomatoes nothing but fish emulsion, you will have lovely, big green plants, but no tomatoes. If you feed your roses lots of nitrogen – rich fertilizer you will have plenty of lovely rosebush leaves, but never a rose.
• Avoiding weeding and overcrowding: Weeding whether by hook, crook or hand, those weeds have to come out of the garden and flower bed and getting them out before they go to seed can make a world of difference. Plants need room to breathe and good air circulation. They also need light to reach them and planting too densely blocks plants ability to reach their full potential. Overcrowding stresses plants and makes them more prone to disease. So “nuking” the garden with pesticides often does far more harm than good.

 

Happy Gardening!

Eudecia Vaz