How to Plant a Garden

McKeyalee Phifer

Emily Miller

ENG 091

October 4, 2011

How to Plant a Garden

Planting a garden shouldn’t be stressful or a burden; as long as you  keep in mind to prep, plant  and  then have a little  patience,  you too, will have your very own garden. So before you get a head of yourself and start building greenhouse,J you might want do some research.  First, ask yourself a few questions: What am I going to plant? Does that plant require a lot of sunshine and water? Do I have enough space for a garden? Once you’ve checked those questions off and you have an idea of the and where, part for planting your garden then it’s off to go shopping for materials (preferable any store that carriers a plant nursery and items for planting). In this second step you need to make sure you buy anything you don’t already have for your garden. For instance: planting soil to nourish your plant and help it grow healthy and strong, a small shovel for digging holes, maybe a water pitcher if you don’t have a water hose accessible at home and maybe some gloves if you don’t like getting your hands dirty and last your plants they can be seeds or ones that are young with a few leaves.  The third step you can go home and get to work. So after you found the place to plant that is suitable for your plant then you can start digging small holes with your shovel to plant your herbs , veggies or fruits. Place your plants in the holes and cover with nourishment soil pat down and repeat this process for the rest of your plants until all are in the ground. After that is taken care of you can sprinkle a little water and wait. Now the very last step is the hardest and its patience. Wait for your plants to grow so to you can start picking. But even though that takes so time in the end when you finally get to see the fruits of your labor is something to really look forward to. Now was that so bad? Nooooo! Planting a garden is a piece of cake and now you know who to do it too.

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