The first step in creating a garden with cacti, of course, planning. Look for a place in your garden for this purpose. The right place for a garden with cacti on the hill, because it provides a natural drainage area. You can make a garden and on level ground, but then require more digging.
When you decide where you want your cacti, determine the size and shape of your choice. Use your imagination and be creative; You can do it in a circle, square, rectangle, semicircle, triangle, whatever you want. Then, before the start, mark the edge of the garden on a plot (stakes, rope), to facilitate swimming.
Swimming, dirty deoAko will be accessible on the hill, it's easy. It is necessary to settle the land to the place where they will find garden, digging at the highest point of the garden. It is also necessary to dig out a few centimeters of the country on the whole surface of the garden, to remove grass and seeds that would harm the cacti. The area does not have to be perfectly flat, but to avoid depressions that would prevent the outflow of water.
If you do not have the proper hill to your garden with cacti, select the city of your choice and determine the shape and size of the garden. After the labeling edges dig of 15-30 cm of the country.
Collecting materials for garden now, after completing the digging, you are ready to build the garden. First, it is necessary to enclose the garden with rocks, bricks or decorative panels. Although the decorative plates and bricks nicer and have them in a variety of forms, they are also very expensive.
If you want to reduce costs, decorative plates can be purchased at garden centers or from private owners. The stones are also good and can make it look nice. In addition, it looks more natural and is much cheaper. We suggest the use of stones, which do not even have to buy.
Need and plastic tape in the length of the edge of your garden (not important species). Plastic is not necessary, but it eliminates the grass and weeding will save you.
Land for cacti is essential. You will need enough to fill the garden to the top of the wall. After digging and fencing, you will see how much you need land. Care can be purchased at garden centers or at specialized private. If you can not find land to cacti, can make their own - mixing two measures of sand to one measure of gravel.
Building garden one step to creating a garden with cacti, of course, planning. Look for a place in your garden for this purpose. The right place for a garden with cacti on the hill, because it provides a natural drainage area. You can make a garden and on level ground, but then require more digging.
The first step in building the garden is to cover the edges of grass with plastic tape. In this way we prevent the grass spreads on the area of the garden with cacti. After that, set your stones or bricks along the edge of the garden. The wall is your choice, but 30 cm is quite enough. After the construction of the wall, fill the garden land to cacti.
Planting Cactus Now we come to the fun part - planting cactus. Choose plants that will match the climate. This information can be obtained in the shops where you buy cacti, as well as on the Internet. If you live in an area where temperatures fall below 7 ° C, there is also an easy way to continue to make your garden with cacti. Plant a cactus with a potted plant in the country. Then, when the winter weather, simply pull the plants out of the ground and enter them in until the spring. Species that are We are resistant can stay in the garden during the cold winter days.
When planting cacti, be creative. They can be planted under the scheme or not, whatever you decide. After finishing planting your garden is complete.
For maintenance garden with cacti need very little maintenance. He did not need watering or irrigation, rain is sufficient. Nourishment cacti with 10-10-10 fertilizer once a year in spring was the only thing to do.
