As Santa Clarita temperatures get hotter, the likelihood of rain drops. After a year of heavy rain, the sun is welcome, but garden plants should be watered as the cost of water increases in the summer. Lawns are the largest part of the landscape that absorbs water. In spring cleaning, determine where, when and how you should use your lawn to get the most out of your water intake.
Use the lawn only as a functional or design element and not to fill empty spaces. Then encourage your lawn with a spring focus.
Spring cleaning means that it is time to water the irrigation system slowly and deeply early in the morning before heat and dry air steal moisture. You do not have to pour plenty yet. Make it suitable for spring; Enough time to penetrate well, but short enough not to wash the water.
When temperatures get hotter and the weather starts to dry, it's time to plant hot seasonal vegetables in your back yard. You can easily plant root crops such as carrots, turnips, radishes, parsnips and salsify.
Some edible plants can be planted from seeds. Slower breeders such as tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos and aubergines often prefer to plant their seeds in March or now, as the young plants have already started in pots or in six-packs. Root vegetables are best planted from seeds in the soil without fresh fertilizer. Manure can cause the root fork. Transplantation is generally less successful with these vegetables; Therefore, it is sufficient to dilute the seedlings of the root crops and leave the strongest in the place where they can grow.
Grow vegetables in modified soil with plenty of compost. The soil in Santa Clarita tends to be low in organic matter. It does not matter if your area is mainly sand, clay, or broken gravel.
Plan a regular and effective irrigation. Most vegetables are not very tolerant to drought. Make sure that they do not dry out. Artichokes are among the droughtiest vegetables that grow well here. Effectively water the vegetables by growing them in well-defined, high-altitude gardens or using carefully designed drainage systems.
Give your vegetables at least 6 hours of sunshine and keep your growing area clean. Look for insects such as aphids and water immediately before infestation. Avoid planting fresh seasonal vegetables such as lettuce, cabbage, broccoli and peas. They have no time to mature before they disappear in the heat.
Take a look at the design of your landscape. Low-traffic areas may look better and require less water if they have plants with attractive low growth plants such as dymondia, sedum, fescue or other interesting plantings. Low Permeable stone does not live.
or cement alternatives such as paving stones, steps and bricks offer decorative alternatives to traditional gravel. You can also turn small open spaces into seats, set up a small spa, make a campfire, or surround them as play areas for children or pets.
We are at the end of the cool, seasonal garden. The best time to plant native Californians, flower seeds, shrubs and shrubs is coming to an end.
Many krautige plants, ornamental herbs and annual flowers are planted in April, planted and transplanted. Potted trees can now also be added to your landscape. Everyone will need additional watering to strengthen them from the heat of the sun.
Keep all plants clean and tidy, but wait until a large size falls. Of course, you can plant and trim whatever you want at any other time of the year, but your chances of succeeding in hard labor are greatly reduced before summer.
Another thing you can do in April is to explore our neighborhoods and enjoy the parades of native flowers that take place in the hills and ravines around the world. Due to the years of drought, the rain this year has awakened a native wildflower shop and made them a colorful party.
They remind us how natural our decorative native plants can be. And you can really buy seeds for many of them to fill areas of your garden where you do not want to waste a lot of time, effort and money in a garden. Aborigines can provide amazing colors, beauty and maintainability while helping our butterflies and local bees with a minimum of work.
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