I’ve got a confession to make…are you ready? Wait for it…
I’m bad at fertilizing my plants.
There I said it.
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It’s not that I don’t know I should fertilize my plants, because I do. It’s just that I get so wrapped up with other garden chores this time of year, and it just slips my mind. My head is planning and plotting; big ideas of constant succession of bloom in the perennial border, endless color in my window boxes, and apples the size of softballs. Envisioning my little piece of paradise, and making it my reality, would become ever so much easier if I would stop thinking above the soil line.
That’s right. Focus on the soil instead of the end results (ohhh, vases full of oriental lilies, peonies, and dahilias!) The bottom line? Soil becomes depleted of valuable food for plants as time goes by. It’s up to us to replenish nutrients by amending the soil. Amending the soil means; putting back what should be there, and then some! Amended soil = better success from your investment in plants!
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Now, this is not to say that I NEVER fertilize. I just remember it a little later in the season, when things might not be going according to –ahem- plan.
There are MANY different fertilizers available; organic or conventional, store bought or homemade. No matter what you use, those plants out there are emerging from their winter sleep and they're hungry!
Fertilize! I’m on it! How about you? Nurture your investment by picking up some fertilizer this weekend, and LET'S GET GROWING!
About the author: Heather Thibeault gardens as a sport at her home in Southeastern Connecticut, and is also the blogger for Burnett's Country Gardens.
