Garden In Monsoon

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Some important factors to be taken care for your garden at the time of monsoons to help you make the best of the season and to bring the best out of your garden:

Spiders are better than any chemical insecticide deterrent, encourage them as they eat away various insects, thus protecting your plants.

Crumble a piece of rich chocolate cake with your hand. When a handful of soil, crumbles in your hand just as the cake did, your soil is ready for seeds or transplants.

The peony is a beautiful flower and attracts ants as well as humans. It's a good thing, too, because the ants keep all harmful insects away from the plant

If your gardenia leaves are turning yellow, mix a cup of rotted manure or cottonseed meal into the top layer of soil and keep moist

When you see mushrooms growing in your compost pile you know you've done something right.

Check your yard and garden, including potted plants
or any object that may hold stagnant water where mosquitoes can easily breed

If you should happen upon an earthworm, consider yourself lucky. Earthworms are a gardener's friend. They not only aerate the soil by tunneling down about five feet, they also fertilize it. They lay their eggs near the top of the soil. The new worms emerge as tiny pieces of thread and are very hard to see. They instantly go to work and care for themselves and your garden.

Hair is a great source of nitrogen for your garden. Add it to your compost heap. Kept moist, hair disintegrates quickly and has 28 times more nitrogen than manure.

Frogs and especially toads are a gardener's best friends. They are voracious insect eaters. Encourage them with moving water - a small stream or pond.

You have ready a lush, green garden that blossoms beautifully in the rain. A well kept garden is a pleasure for you and an envy of your neighbors. A nice garden also serves as a fine venue for your picnic,barbecue party or just a cozy stroll amongst the exotic flowers with a special person in your arms.