It may seem like gardening would be hard to learn, but the truth is that you can get started with gardening quite easily. Fortunately, you have discovered this article. It should provide you with all the help you need to increase your gardening skills and confidence, so that your efforts will yield a fruitful and beautiful garden.

Choose perennials that slugs are not attracted to. Snails and slugs are garden nightmares, and only need a single evening to obliterate a plant. These pests are particularly fond of young perennials and those varieties with leaves that are tender, smooth, and thin. Perennials that have tough or hairy leaves are often times unappetizing to snails and slugs. Examples of these include euphorbia, hellebourus and achillea. Others you may want to consider are campanula and heuchera.

Healthy soil will also assist in your battle against pests. Healthy plants can better ward off pests and diseases. Begin with a high-quality soil with less chemicals to avoid salt accumulation, and you give your garden an excellent chance of growing healthy plants.

Plant slug-proof perennials. Creatures like snails or slugs can destroy a plant in a single night. They tend to enjoy perennials that have thin, smooth, tender leaves, especially those of young plants. You can discourage snails and slugs from eating your perennials by choosing plants with tougher or distasteful foliage. Some perennial families that snails and slugs won't eat include achillea, campanula, and helleborus.

When it's autumn, it's time to start planting all of your fall edibles. This year, instead of using your regular clay pots to plant your kale and lettuce, use a pumpkin as the container instead! Simply cut the pumpkin open at the top, so you can remove the seeds and insides. After that, spray Wilt-Pruf along the edges and on the inside of the pumpkin, so it doesn't rot. Once the pumpkin has been prepared, it is ready for planting.

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