Caring for a garden takes time, and maintenance has a major impact on the long-term success of your garden equipment and planting program: How much time can you and your family devote to it? Some require little to no work, while others require a lot of work, so again, an honest assessment is warranted. Also, consider family. Can you rely on others for help?
While low maintenance isn’t a key component of everyone’s ideal garden, it’s a smart place to start, especially if you’re new to gardening, work full-time, have limited mobility, or are raising a family. You can always add “high maintenance” plants to the mix, but with at least “low maintenance” in mind, you have a better chance of creating a sustainable plan that doesn’t place a heavy burden on your shoulders.
What to do in the garden
Fence
- Wooden: painting anti-corrosion paint (generally three to five years) and repairing damaged columns and planks
Metal: rust removal and anti-rust paint (generally three to five years) - Tree wall, shrub wall, flower wall: pruning, modeling (requires 3-5 times a year) (although it can be outsourced, special needs to be approved by the local government)
Brick floor
clean the moss or weeds in the brick joints, and re-lay the mortar
Deck
brush anti-corrosion paint (generally three to five years)
Grassland
water according to temperature changes (especially in summer when weeds grow without watering), mowing, removing weeds (dandelion, clover, etc.), supplementing weeds, fertilizing
Flowering & trees
pruning, sweeping leaves, watering (generally three years after planting, they can absorb natural water independently), fertilization, cold protection, insect protection
garden equipment and tools
Pre-winter home maintenance
