A gardening expert from Alexandria, Virginia has some tips on how to prepare your garden for spring.
A gardening expert from Alexandria, Virginia has some tips on how to liven up your garden this spring.
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If the idea of creating a beautiful outdoor space intimidates you, gardening experts can help you get started.
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Some customers are excited about the warmer weather because they want to build on what they started last year.
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Some people want a vegetable garden while others focus on beauty and want flowers and shrubs.
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While it might still be a little too cold for some plants, Williams says it’s not too early to improve your garden soil.
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While it may still be too cold for some plants, it’s not too early to get new fertilizer, compost, and mixing to loosen up your beds.
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While there hasn’t been a pandemic, many people in the DC area are passionate about gardening.
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It’s time to wake up your garden outside. And for many, creating a beautiful outdoor space has become a huge priority.
A gardening expert in Alexandria, Virginia has some tips on how to do this.
Stacy Greenstreet, owner of Greenstreet Gardens, said a lot of people stayed home last year because of the pandemic and looked around and said, “Is this what my garden looks like?” And they went to work.
“You look at your back yard, you haven’t had time to grapple with it. And in 2020, they had all that extra time. They were stuck at home and didn’t like what they saw, ”said Greenstreet.
Tim Williams, branch manager at Greenstreet Gardens, said some people are beginners and others have greener thumbs.
“There are a lot of people whose parents gardened them with them when they were little. So you know a lot, but they haven’t got their hands dirty in years,” Williams said.
If the idea of creating beautiful outdoor space intimidates you, Williams said, don’t worry. Just ask for help.
“It’s okay not to know exactly what you want,” he said, but it helps to have an idea of what you want to achieve. Some people want a vegetable garden while others focus on beauty and want flowers and shrubs.
Greenstreet said some customers are very excited about the warmer weather because they want to build on what they started last year.
For example, said Greenstreet, a customer came on Sunday and wanted to know where the tomatoes are. She advised the client that planting tomatoes is a “small problem, and we don’t want to spend $ 50 on tomatoes, take them home and plant them on a nice day like last week so it all dies.”
While it might still be a little too cold for some plants, Williams said, it’s not too early to start improving your garden soil.
He advised “mixing in new manure, compost and that to loosen up your beds,” Williams said.
Greenstreet agreed, saying gardening was similar to painting.
“It takes longer to prepare the wall with the sanding and primer etc than it actually does to paint it,” she said. “It’s very similar in the garden. It’s important to add the soil changes and get the bed ready before putting the plants in. “
Even in the absence of a pandemic, many people in the DC area are passionate about gardening, Greenstreet said, and she expects the local garden centers to be very busy soon.
“All we need is the movement towards spring and a little bit of sunshine.”
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