5 Spring Gardening Tips and Ideas

Spring hits many parts of Australia differently. While many southern and central areas remain dry, several other parts enjoy the replenishing of the drenching storms. Regardless, spring is the perfect time for home gardeners to get out and put their gardening skills to the test. 

In a recent gardening report, it was revealed that 49% of Australians, grow less than 10% of their food, yet they have the space to farm. If you have been rushing to the grocery store every time you need some vegetables, spring is the perfect time to change that trend. 

In this guide, we’ll show you the best gardening tips and ideas to keep your lawn and gardens in shape. Keep reading to also learn where to shop for farming tools and fertilizers to keep your plants flourishing. 

1. Fertilize Your Garden 

There isn’t a better time to give your lawn, trees, roses, hibiscus, gardenias, fruits, and vegetables a dose of fertilizer than during spring. This is the time of the year when these plants begin to grow and flower, and that’s the ideal time to give them fertilizer. 

Feeding plants with fertilizers gives them much-needed nutrients and minerals to boost healthy growth for better quality and yield. The Bunning Warehouse has a huge range of fertilizers, including all-purpose fertilizers. You can check out the Bunning Warehouse Black Friday deals to get the fertilizer you need at significant discounts. 

2. Top Up Organic Mulch

Once you give the plant the fertilizer they need, re-mulch your garden. Mulching helps conserve water and is an essential thing to do not only during spring but all year round. When you cover the soil with mulch, you effectively reduce soil evaporation and help regulate soil temperatures. 

Doing so decreases the loss of water in the soil through evaporation. As a result, you don’t need to irrigate the crops regularly, which’s helpful, particularly if you are in areas that bake dry during spring. 

In addition, mulching suppresses the growth of weeds which compete with your plants for nutrients. It ensures that the plants are making the most out of the soil nutrients and minerals for maximum yield. 

3. Prune and Trim Your Plants

Maybe during the winter you stayed dormant and didn’t have time to tend to your lawns and gardens. It’s possible that during that time plants flourished and grew too tall or bushy, especially the hedging plants, trees and shrubs. 

Spring is the time to whip the plants into shape. Trim your hydrangea, hibiscus and other summer flowering shrubs to encourage new growth and beautiful blooms. If there are trees in your compound, remove any branches that may have grown too long or those that are diseased, broken or dead.  

Trimming and pruning your plants encourages new life to form and is beneficial to the long-term health of the plant. 

4. Plant More Crops

If you’ve been dreaming about planting shrubs, annuals or trees in your compound, spring is the perfect time to do so. This is because, during spring, soil moisture is high, days are longer and temperatures are warmer. That creates the optimal conditions for new plants to become established before the heat wave comes. 

Plant the summer annuals: salvias, petunias and begonias. You should also be planting hedges, herbs, fresh flowers, and any plant variety because the spring weather is on your side. 

Most importantly, plant quick producers such as lettuce, radishes, parsley and other vegetables. Planting these crops will be a huge step towards food security. It means fewer trips to supermarkets and grocery stores and also translates to less food wastage. 

5. Get the Right Tools

You need the right tool to make the most out of your garden. If you’re getting started, the list of the things you need can be long: hose guide, pole pruners, handy snippers, secateurs, hedge shears, and more. We’ve not even mentioned you need things such as fertilizers. 

Obviously, buying all these tools in one go can leave your pockets empty, but Bunning Warehouse is out to ensure the farming tools never milk your accounts dry. During Black Friday, there are plenty of amazing deals up for grabs.