Landscaping Swot Analysis

You don't need a lot of space to grow a garden. Even a shallow windowsill offers a possibly good home for a plant. Windowsill plants: Herbs like basil, chives, and lemon balm love sun or partial sun and don't necessarily require large pots; cactus the same. Ivy and African violets are more conducive to part sun or indirect light. Choose small 4-inch clay pots with saucers and an indoor potting mix for best results. Do not over-water. Sunny outdoor balcony summer plant ideas: Why not grow a container vegetable and herb garden? Tomatoes, peppers, basil, dill and chives are all upright growers (space savers) that love sun and heat. Here are a few tips: Try planting vine growers, such as cucumbers and squash in a pot with a tomato cage. Choose a couple of mid-sized terracotta pots-plain old clay pots that don't require a big investment will do. Shop yard sales for cheap used clay pots and tomato cages. A bag of composted top soil, or organic potting mix will work for planting material. You can easily fit 3 small herb plants into a 12-inch pot with room for growth. Choose a 16-inch or plus pot for combinations like tomato and basil, squash and nasturtiums, peppers and even some colorful annuals, such as snap dragons, zinnias and gazania daisies. For visual appeal choose two or three planters in varying sizes and shapes. Shady outdoor balcony: You're limited with

To start of the garden, pour in the soil one third of the pot or pour the soil on the ground until it covers the soil you already

For me to have a nicely landscaped yard, I would have to cut down trees, and move bushes, and make hills where there are valleys and plant grass where there's dirt.... or so I thought. The thing is, your home improvement project this summer will cost you a lot less money if you work with what your yard already has going for it! So what does this mean? It means, use the natural landscape of your yard to create your home improvement project. Believe it or not, natural and existing landscape in your yard can even give you ideas for what to do as a project. Step 1. First, you should go out and look at your yard. What is the natural landscape? By this, I mean what does your yard look like now? This would include hills, trees, bushes, grass, places where there is just dirt, etc. But, it would also include a pavement that has already been placed in your yard, a garage or shed in your yard, etc. You need to get an idea of everything that is there. Step 2. What is it that you want to do with the yard? What landscape ideas do you have? Think of your dream landscape. Are you looking to create some new paths and walkways? Do you want to have some type of fountain or something with water like a waterfall? Do you want a patio in your new landscape? Do you want a swing? This is where you decide what your home improvement project for the summer might consist of. Step 3. Now, you need to generate some creative ideas for the existing landscape. This is the fun phase. You can come up with an idea, no matter how big or small, expensive or not. If you look at the yard in the picture for this article, it has a small hill/ incline about half way up the yard. At this point in the yard, there is a slope and then the rest of the yard is on higher ground. A great landscaping idea for this would be to do some digging and make the slope upright, and put in a retaining wall the whole way across where the yard goes from one

If you are having trouble with growing anything in the soil that your yard has to offer yet you are determined to have that garden that you have always wanted, then perhaps you should take a look at raised bed gardening. Raised bed gardening is great because you do not have to worry about what you can and cannot grow in your soil. In fact, you don't have to worry about your soil at all because you will not need it at all to make your new garden a success. The soil you will be using for your raised bed garden will instead be soil that you will purchase. However, before we get to planting all of the veggies and flowers that you have been dreaming of, we first need to take a look at how your new garden will come to fruition.

With over 20 years of experience in tree service, landscaping consulting, and gardening, Pacific Ohana Masonry & Landscaping has a few guidelines on how often to water some of Hawaii’s most common plants:

Start thinking about scale. You’ll need to determine the size of a mature plant that will bring the most appeal in the locations you’re thinking of planting. If you want to plant a bed along the front of your house and there’s a window there, you wouldn’t want tall plants that will block the window.

Even if you have a custom landscaping design in mind, you need to learn about the fundamentals of landscape design to guide your work. There is vast information about landscaping. You can in fact take a bachelor degree course on landscaping in many colleges and universities. But of course, that will take a good four years so for the purposes of creating a custom landscaping design

Before bringing all your items out onto your lawn, you should be planning the date as well as bringing your neighbors in on the process. When you have more people selling items, you're likely to attract more people to the yard sale.

Next sketch out your landscaping ideas and set yourself a realistic budget. Don’t forget to check with your local council to see if permits are required for the work you plan to do. Structures like decks, pergolas and retaining walls may or may not need approval but the council can order to have it demolished if non-compliant.

Based on the assigned material I have decided on 3 major things that I would change about my current center’s outdoor space.

In addition to the container, you also need the appropriate soil mixture and draining mechanisms. For the best drainage, fill the bottom of your container with 2 or 3 inches of gravel. On top of the gravel, fill ¾ of the container with soil. Choose a well-balanced organic soil. The three main ingredients you will find described on soil bags are N-P-K—that is, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Without going into too much detail about the role of each element in plant growth, I will tell you that an average vegetable will grow fine in a 10-5-5 mixture. This ratio, too, will be easy to find at your local nursery.

As spring approaches, the citizens of the rural, southwest town I call home prepare empty plots of dirt for gardening. That includes my own home. My mother is a gardening fiend. She plots out her garden months in advance, orders the fertilizer, and preps the tiller, all before the snow has even had a chance to melt. We 've grown everything, from simple squash plants to more complex green bean poles. I have many fond, and not so fond, learning experiences in the gardens of my past. (What are you doing! Don 't pull that up! That 's the cucumber plant, not a weed!) For those who wish to plant a garden for the first time, here are a few tips that will help you get started. Author 's note: All times I 'm listing are for the southwest desert regions of the United States. If you live in another area, get the proper planting times from a local gardener. 1. Get to know the proper planting times In Utah, my state, most vegetables can be planted toward the end of May. You can plant earlier, but extra care will need to be given. Most plants must be placed in walls of water to keep plants from freezing if planted prior to June. Wall of water conserve the heat, keeping the plant safe from temperature below 32 degrees. 2. Fertilize the garden prior to planting Fertilizers can be commercial chemicals or simple animal manure. Whatever you choose is fine, but manure tends to be cheaper and more easily obtained. Fertilizer adds nutrients to the soil, ensuring that vegetables will

With the right hedges, you can also boast of attracting beautiful wildlife, too, such as Blue Birds, Swallows and Cardinals. Use this as a selling point when you show the home, telling of the natural showcase created by your landscaping.

5. Plant tress at distance- Plants requires space to spread their roots in the soil. The tress should be planted at a distance so that there is enough space for each plant to grow and develop freely. Congestion may lead to stunted growth. 6. Cut down the dry leaves regularly- To make the garden look more appealing and beautiful, the owner should keep on cutting the dry leaves regularly so that the garden always looks green. Cutting and clearing the dried leaves can make the atmosphere more beautiful. The dry leaves can work as nutrition for the growing plants when kept near the root of the plants in the soil. 7. Plant seasonal tress- To make the garden more beautiful stress should be laid on planting seasonal tress and plants which grow in summer. This will make the garden more look more pleasing to the eyes with the blooming flowers and green tress. 8. Plant tress in a cool place- Planting tress in cool place during summer can help its cause. Plants could be kept safe from excess exposure from sunlight by planting them in a cooler place. 9. Protect your garden from animals- Usually people do not pay attention to proper safeguard of the garden from intruders. But this small mistake can lead to total devastation of the garden. The boundaries of the garden should be appropriately protected so that animals cannot cross that border to gain access to the garden. Animals

AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY 1. Land and its Uses (a) Uses of land for agricultural and non-agricultural purposes: Uses of land for agriculture, forestry and wildlife conservation. (b) Factors affecting land availability and use: (i) Physical factors e.g., soil type, topography etc., (ii) Socio-economic factors e.g., population pressure. 2. Environmental factors affecting agricultural production: (a) Climatic factors: rainfall, temperature, light and wind. (b) Biotic factors: predators, parasites, soil microorganisms, pests and diseases. (c) Edaphic factors: soil pH, soil texture and soil structure. 3. Rock formation (a) rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic; (b) rock formation processes. Formation, composition and properties of soil (a) Factors of soil formation: parent rock, topography, organisms, climate, vegetation and time (b) Processes of soil formation: physical, chemical and biological processes.