Make Your Yard a Prettier and More Inviting Place this Spring

Not only is Spring a great time for lemonade and cleaning, but it's also a wonderful time to start planting a garden. To make the best garden for your home you should consider a few things first before you start buying and planting: Purpose of your garden, constraints you may have (weather, soil etc.), analyze the site at where you would be placing the garden (sunlight, tress, soil), and style of your garden (what best compliments your house, personality and taste).

Some other questions you should ask relate to who and what you're planting your garden for:

Will you be entertaining in or near the garden and need paths or patios?

Are you looking for privacy from a busy street or neighbors?

Is this a space small children should be comfortable in?

Will you be viewing it mostly in the morning, afternoon or evening?

Is it your own private space or on public view?

Would you like to attract more birds and butterflies into your yard?

Are you trying to create a view from inside the house?

Will it be used for cutting flowers?

If you feel you are totally uncreative and uninventive you should go look at some gardening magazines and maybe get ideas from people you know who already have gardens in your area. Another helpful tip is looking at newspapers and magazines in or near your location that have the same climate as you, so you will have information and gardening catered to that particular area. If you live in Georgia like myself, you can look at the AJC Home and Garden, or Georgia Gardening for ideas, advice and tips for your garden.