Deck gardens are a beautiful way to improve the look of an outdoor living space. There are a few tricks for making a deck garden useful and beautiful. In this blog, we discuss some tips and tricks for creating a deck garden your neighbors will envy.A useful deck garden is one that offers a variety of services. Those may be shade, food, cut flowers for inside your home, or even pleasant smells.
Tips on Tricks on Making a Deck Garden Useful
Tips for a Garden: A good tip to increase the usefulness of deck gardens is to mix in vegetables with the flowers. Cultivate vegetables that you use so that your deck garden helps to cut down on food costs. That may simply be planting a few tomato plants and zucchini. Both of these plants are heavy producers that are easy to grow. A tip for growing tomatoes in a container is that the container must be 15-gallons or larger.
Other easy to grow vegetables include pole beans, thornless loganberries, cucumbers, small variety winter squash, yardlong beans, and greens such as collard greens, kale, and bok choy.
Tips for Cooking and Grilling: If you grill on your deck, then a pot of mixed herbs is very useful. Herbs like oregano, rosemary, and thyme work well cooking in your kitchen or on the barbecue. A good tip for choosing which herbs to grow is to look closely at the types of foods you eat. Celery, parsley, and basil are three herbs that people use a lot. Rosemary and sage are also two herbs that work well with the barbecue process. You can use herbs as a seasoning, or as an aromatic for grilling.
Tips for Aromatics: Herbs are also aromatic plants, so they help to freshen up your outdoor living space. Mint is easy to grow and is refreshing in drinks on a hot summer’s day. On a hot day, Mint becomes more aromatic. Plant a container of mint next to where you lounge on your deck. Other aromatics include vines such as honeysuckle and Jasmine.
Tips for creating a Shaded Spot: Adding shade is an easy thing. All you need is a trellis and a climbing vine or rose. You can even use potted trees, such as a dogwood or Japanese maple. A shaded nook is an awesome place to relax and read. A beautiful trick is to use a small arbor or pergola to created a shaded spot for reading or visiting.
Year Round Color
Don’t just plant for the spring and summer. Plant flowers that add color to your deck year round. If you live where the winter is harsh, think creatively.
Tips for Decking the Halls: A conifer in a pot is easy to decorate for the holidays. Red twigged dogwoods lose their leaves in fall, but their bright red twigs are very showy. In Germany, they make Easter trees by tying ribbons and colored, hollow eggs to the trees. It is a beautiful sight and an easy way to add color. A good trick to bring in color is to add a bird feeder or two. Migrating birds are often brightly colored.
When you choose which plants to grow in your deck garden, pay attention to when flowers bloom. In so doing, you can have a beautiful deck garden all year-long.
Beautiful Deck Gardens do not Hide An Ugly Deck
Before you start your deck garden, make sure that the deck itself is in good repair. Potted plants weigh a lot, and you want to protect the deck from dry rot because of the planters. product such as DeckMax Deck Cleaner to clean the wood before applying the revitalizer. In so doing, your deck and deck garden add beauty to your home.
Here is to creating beautiful deck gardens that maintain their beauty year round. If you would like more information on deck care, just contact us.
