| If you are someone who has never gardened | | | | your mint plants are contained though; left |
| before, or you are someone who has had a long | | | | unattended, they can very easily take grow |
| habit of destroying the plants that you have, you'll | | | | rampant. |
| find that having a basic knowledge of what | | | | 3.Protecting your plants |
| gardening takes and what you need to do can | | | | One thing that you have to guard against is cold |
| help you out a lot. While some people find | | | | weather, but how to do that for your outdoor |
| gardening instinctive, other people need some | | | | plants if you don't have a greenhouse? You'll find |
| very basic information to start out with, so take | | | | that you can create a very healthy, very humid |
| a look at some of the gardening tips below. You | | | | atmosphere for your plants by taking empty clear |
| can build on these later, but you'll find that by | | | | plastic bottles, cutting off the mouth and then |
| keeping the following in mind, you can get your | | | | placing them over your new plants. This dome |
| garden off to a good start. | | | | can then be fitted over your new plants to help |
| 1.Start with seedlings | | | | them grow up healthily and even to protect them |
| You'll find that if you are new to gardening that | | | | from animals and insects that would eat them. |
| you can do a great deal to make sure that things | | | | 4.Going to pot |
| go well by making sure that you don't put | | | | If you are a little bit nervous about working in a |
| vulnerable seeds in the garden right away. Look | | | | full garden, or simply don't have the time, think |
| for seedlings at the gardening centers, or you can | | | | bout having a small container garden. You'll find |
| grow the yourself. You can always take your | | | | that there are plenty of plants that grow well in |
| seeds and place them on a wet paper towel, | | | | pots and that you will have a great deal of control |
| leaving them in the sunlight. Keep the paper towel | | | | over how they do. You can start with a window |
| moist, and you'll find that the seeds start to grow | | | | box herb garden or flowers in a hanging pot. For |
| in a few days, and at that point, they are ready | | | | more edible plants, think about tomatoes and |
| to be put in pots or in your garden. | | | | strawberries. |
| 2.Work with mints | | | | 5.Go native |
| You'll find that not only do mints smell great that | | | | The best way to get good results outdoors is to |
| they are an amazingly easy covering plant to | | | | avoid getting into a fight with Mother Nature. Try |
| grow as well. You'll find that peppermint, catnip | | | | to figure out what plants grow best in your area |
| and oregano are all varieties of mint that are very | | | | and plant them. Plants that do well naturally in |
| easy to grow. They are water-loving and do well | | | | your area have a much better chance of |
| in the shade. Take some time to make sure that | | | | surviving than those that are exotic imports. |