No need to overwhelm yourself with huge backyard projects. Garden and outdoor space can be a serene place where you find balance and a piece of mind while enjoying your hobbies and surroundings.
1. Set Up a Mini Patch
Setting up a mini green space is important for your wellbeing. Whether the plants reside inside your house, a little corner of fresh herbs on the windowsill or backyard, it will allow you to connect to nature, earth, breath fresh air, improved physical and mental health and of course rip edible rewards, literally. Nothing tastes better than fresh produce, picked from your own garden. Herbs, plants, greens, fruits, berries and my very favorite, vegetables, are the ultimate reward for dedicating your time to amending and caring for your garden.
2. Make it an Area for Leisure and Play
Another excellent idea would be to turn the garden into an area for leisure and play. To do this, its best to think about what would fit best in your yard. Try setting up a relaxation area, and perhaps a canopy to enjoy the birds, butterflies, and warm sunshine rays. The other great and fun addition is the basketball hoops, tennis or foosball tables, that might keep your kids active for hours. Who knows, maybe you will join them in all the active excitement as well. It’s a great social way to keep active and even when guests come over, they might participate in the friendly competition.
3. Add Decking
Making a secure and convenient access to the garden is quite important to me. The transition from the house to the outside area provides not only a comfortable sitting space but also serves as storage sometimes. I keep my plants and seedlings in the deck area, prior to transporting them to the actual garden, so they can harden and get acclimated to the outside weather conditions. Adding decking to the house is an important step to the house improvement and I couldn’t be without it. Plus, we get to entertain the guests at times on the deck, when the weather is nice. Looks like there are multiple wonderful uses for this fun addition.
4. Consider a Water Feature
Not only a pretty, ornate fountain or pond feature adds to the property design and texture, they attract birds, creates serenity near the house and cools the area down. Another water feature that plays an important role in the yard is automatic irrigation system will save you time and effort in watering your garden. During hot Summer months, its crucial to water the garden plants either in the morning or evening, every day at the same time. Having the slow drip water system saved my growing plants and our prospective crops from year to year. The water comes on at the same time in the morning and I can see exactly what plant and what area gets enough water or remains dry.
Wishing you happy planning, playing, relaxing and gardening. Have a wonderful Friday, my friends!
Luda@PlantsandBeyond🌿
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Such a lovely and creative ideas…absolutely love the third one❤❤
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Ha! Thank you Jyo. So happy you found it interesting 🤗😘🤗
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I would love to have a small garden at home, but we don’t have enough water to pour over the plants, particularly in summer. So we grow quite a few plants that require little water. 🙂
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Oh wow ?!!! Is there a water restriction ? Please tell me more, Megala !!!!
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Ground water in my locality is high in iron, and it causes damages to my dish washer, washing machine, etc. So we stopped using ground water, and depending on the piped water supply alone which is usually restricted & inadequate during summer. Now I know how precious is water. 🙂
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Oh goodness. Never knew this – thank you for sharing, Megala – people don’t know their daily blessings . Wow
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Really beautiful and great ideas!
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Thank you, Christy !!!!!🌿☀️🌿
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Great ideas…I have a small garden in front of my house, so I have been sitting outside trying to figure out what to do, should I plant flowers or grass any ideas Luda?
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Oh , now you get me rolling ;))) send me Picts- need to see the size and amount of sun exposure please . Are there any boarders ? Thank you, Sophie – so exciting to plan !!!
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Ok will send you photos on Monday…Do you have an email account? send it to me via my contact form!! Thank you Luda 🙂
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Wonderful ideas 🙂
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Thank you kindly, Ben!!!
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Water features are my favorite! Such good ideas, Luda! I love little patches of garden, too 😘😊
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Hiii, Sweet Lisa- thank you for reading and stopping by !!!! Wishing you a great Friday , my friend ☀️☀️☀️
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Happy Friday, Luda!! I hope your weekend is amazing!!
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A great read. I have to get my lawn and patio done. Getting some great advice from your blog
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Awww- wow – that means a lot to me, Shantanu!!! Really appreciate your kind feedback 🌿☀️🌿
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My pleasure
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Great suggestions👍😃
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Thank you GF!!!🌱🌸🌱
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My pleasure😊
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You have so many wonderful ideas!
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Beautiful pictures and very creative ideas! I love the addition of water and ponds. Motion and sounds of water is very relaxing to add to the visual elements of any garden! Also, your background wall paper on the blog- just amazing, Luda! It’s looking better all the time !
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Awwww. Thank you, EWF. That’s really kind of you. I love this herbal wall paper , too 😉 the artist, Lisa, is so talented, just don’t know how she puts all the pertinent garden images together. Thank you for reading and commenting. Have a great Friday ✨🌿☀️
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Lovely ideas to make a garden the perfect place to relax!
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Thank you so much, Andrea. Have an wonderful Friday!🌱☀️🌱
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Great ideas, like the water feature in the garden.
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Thank you dear Nannette!!
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I agree that nothing tastes as good or is so satisfying as produce grown at home!
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Highly appreciate your comment and same sentiments 🌿🌿🌿
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Wonderful ideas and additions Luda.. You have my iron table and chairs LOL.. I painted mine black last year or was it the year before LOL.. from green. And one sits in the last sunny place in the garden so I move around with the Sun.. 🙂 lol
We have a small fish pond too.. not so many fish this year only three now.. and frogs.. But the sound of water trickling so peaceful, And the water lilies are always a bonus when they bloom..
Such beautiful photos..
Enjoy your weekend relaxing in your own garden Luda..
Love and Hugs your way xx ❤
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Awww- thank you, Sue! You , too have a great weekend . Your pond sounds so serene – would love to hear all the frog songs and the chairs , lol! You said do right – they can be loved around !!!!!!💕☀️🌱☀️💕
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❤ 🙂 Enjoy you weekend too Luda x
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I have a water feature – a 100,000 litre pool that has been a koi pond since the day we moved in.
That’s a fine looking deck, but my woodworking skills run only as far as sharpening a pencil II’m afraid!
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Oh, please do share. I would love love love to see your koi pond. It must be magnificent and so serene!!!!
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Post up.
https://attaleuntold.wordpress.com/2018/06/15/pond-life-by-request/
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Wooooow- is this your yard ? It’s stunning – esp love the pict of feeding the fish with hands – everything looks serene , peaceful and inviting – I should really add your pict to the posts – amazing ! And thank you for sharing, Ark!
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nice ideas. lovely pictures🌺
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Thank you so so much, Tina!
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Lovely ideas, I feel having space outside is so important. Doesn’t matter how big. As long as you have a space you can sit and be outside it helps me to wind down and forget about any of the stress that may have occurred during the day.
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Ahhh, I can just invision that Gillian. Thank you for your reflection.
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