Garden for the lazy: tips for beginners

The suburban area, with all its advantages, has one drawback — it takes a lot of time to allocate to it.

And if it is also located quite far from home, then the owner has something to think about.

And yet there is a solution: let's see how to equip a garden and a vegetable garden for lazy (due to circumstances) summer residents.

Garden for the lazy

The main task for such a land is to give maximum yield with minimum labor costs. Of course, will have to workbut without much fanaticism. Yes, and knowledge of agricultural technology is useful.

Many experienced gardeners and gardeners have such plots, who know from their own experience that the “extra movements” in practice turn out to be just a waste of manpower and resources.

For the garden, which is visited once a week, this is especially true.After all, in addition to the beds, modern city dwellers also want to relax in the air.

Therefore, even before the start of the season, many think about planning.

Where to start: planning a lazy garden or vegetable garden

Before proceeding to work, let's see which styles are most popular today.

The most appropriate will be the direction of "country" - everything is deliberately simple in it, improvised materials are used, and there is a place for rest. That’s what a “lazy ranch” is.

Fans of beautiful views can dwell on the landscape style: decorative plants are used for decoration, adapted to local conditions and not requiring special care. Shrubs that need frequent cutting and lawns can be excluded.

Luxurious cottages in the Dutch style are pleasing to the eye, but are hardly appropriate here. The cost of such beauty is already more than, and the time saved on the beds, often goes on arrangement, and not on rest.

Recreation area - this is a matter of taste. Usually they try to place it in such a way that it is possible to put a brazier and leave some space for a playground for children. The main thing is that "relax" does not harm the plants.

Arbor or benches set, looking at the relief. The barbecue area (like flowerbeds) is often enclosed with large granite, covered with sand, gravel or pebbles. Vertical gardening will provide a pleasant shade, but at the same time the arch should not block the light of vegetables growing nearby.

What to grow: tips and tricks

Lazy gardener can tell a lot to beginners. Let us dwell on the most important points that need to be kept in mind.

Geographical features

To collect the maximum yield with minimal care, focus on local conditions.

It is better to stop the choice on plants and varieties, familiar to a particular region. They will take without much hassle. Seasonal excavations, and even more so the construction of the greenhouse, do not fit into the concept of a “lazy plot”, therefore too thermophilic species are deleted from the list.

Of course, exotics are pleasing to the eye, but are not suitable for areas with a harsh climate. Take a closer look at the neighboring sites - for sure there are spectacular and unpretentious plants that immediately "go to growth."

Disease and Pest Resistance

Choose the most resistant varieties. Gardeners know that without treatment will not do, but it is important for us to keep such manipulations to a minimum - once or twice a maximum per season.

In addition to the seedlings themselves, the state of the soil is also important. Salted areas and land that has not been fertilized for a long time increase the risk of disease. After a while, the leaves may take spots or turn yellow, the roots or stem dry.

To avoid these symptoms, ask about the "vitality" of different varieties. Yes, and such a factor as the state of the neighbor's "latka" also plays a role - if there is a disorder, pests can safely go to good beds for the lazy. For the prevention of planted familiar to all calendula or nasturtium.

Preference for large perennial plants

Large plants with a perennial growth cycle do not deliver. This applies to:

• mountain ash;
• honeysuckle;
• lilacs;
• irgi;
• lemongrass;
• hops;
• long-growing flowers (echinacea, clematis, lavender);
• coniferous trees.

You can add wild grapes to this list, but pruning also takes time.

When selecting flowers, keep in mind that some of them may bloom in the second year. If this is not a fundamental point, you can safely take a place for them.

Dealted with decorative types, it's time to go to the vegetables.

Tips for the care of plants in the garden

Lazy garden and smart garden can be combined. But beds with vegetables should not be in the shade of fruit trees. Relief is also taken into account when landing in open ground.

Thermophilic cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are usually given a place on the hill. Radish, cabbage and beetroot grow well in lowlands.

These beds are often bordered with a curb, giving them an arbitrary shape (most often it is squares, but you also come across circles).

Care of seedlings is reduced to the usual procedures for watering, weeding and dressings. But there are tricks that save time and effort.

Mulching

Rows and holes are mulched, so as not to do extra weeding. Empty seats evenly fall asleep with sawdust or straw. At an early stage of growth, you can also use a film that also protects young shoots from temperature extremes.

Grass hewn (or better mowed) will also fit - it is laid out, and new weeds simply do not grow up. Such a mulch eventually dries and decomposes, thereby fertilizing the soil. True, this method is suitable for well-groomed gardens - the risk of a new weed is always there.

Watering organization

Hoses and watering cans with a fence from the barrel leave in the past. The drainage option is much better suited, but then you have to make high beds. Far more economical is drip irrigation.

A plastic trunk pipe of the required diameter is installed with a coupling at one end (to be connected to a crane) and a plug at the other. Wiring to the side is done by installing tees.At the row level, holes are made where the nipple is connected to the tape, which is bent on the other edge.

Screw the clutch on the faucet, slowly turn on the water, adjusting the pressure. Drops will evenly moisten the soil, and you do not have to run around with a hose and overpay for water.

For winter, the tape is simply rolled up until the next season.

Use of garden tools

It's all on the "classics" - rake, shovel, bucket, watering can, secateurs for trimming bushes. It is better to think over the quantity of the remanent in advance so that the extra copies do not interfere with the summer and do not take up space during transportation. Buying the cheapest is not worth it, as well as taking a device generously flavored with plastic. Before buying, try how comfortable the same shovel is at work, whether the holder fits in length (so that the rest at the cottage does not turn into pain and stretching).

Another point: it is better to choose a tool of bright color, which will be noticeable immediately.It happens that you do not immediately remember where you just left the right thing, but it is not visible in the thick green.

Agree that it is not at all convenient to step over a rake every time. All is better keep in the country in a designated corner and protected from thieves place.

Lazy garden and garden: tips and tricks

To save time and effort, it is better to think over all the nuances associated with the development of a lazy area. Here are some tips to help with this:

• Before laying out seedlings, calculate how many vegetables you will be enough. If according to the habit of planting every free centimeter, the harvest will be more than enough, but part of it will lie for years. It turns out unreasonable labor costs.

• To dig up the whole area with this approach is not necessary, only a place under the beds. Experience shows that there is nothing terrible for the earth in this, while the dug-up blocks everywhere dry up and you have to break them, even to level them, which is very laborious.
• Boxes of 3 × 1 m are best suited.They dig up the depth of the bayonet, on poor soils take a little deeper.
• High beds can be made, having dug up the cut off sections of old barrels.
• For climbing plants, a large-mesh mesh is prepared, which is attached to the spacers.
• Bottom circles of trees and bushes can be thrashed with a black “non-wrap” 60 microns thick. Put the cardboard on top and pour it in, then fall asleep wood chips or other mulch.
• The film or the same “non-woven fabric” can be laid in 2 layers so that weeds will not break through.

We hope this information will help to achieve a big harvest without much effort. And for the rest of the time will remain. Easy pastime in the country!