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7 DIY Gardening Projects during the Quarantine

Isolating with the Beauty of Nature

With the feeling of uncertainty and unease that the worldwide spread of the novel Coronavirus (or COVID-19), people are finding it difficult to cope with and we get it. We've been told to stay in our houses and apply social distancing even if we do head out, and specialists suggest that keeping yourself occupied with a routine or pet project will help us maintain a sense of normalcy even during a pandemic. And we're here to help you do just that!

The abrupt increase in the amount of time we have on our hands makes us free to take up any hobbies or activities that our typically busy days may not have permitted. Whether it's brushing up on your guitar skills, studying some DIY skills to do some quick repairs in your house, or finally starting up a garden in your lawn, there's no better time than now to do it. For this blog article, we're going to teach you 7 basic gardening projects that you can tackle while you're under quarantine. With simple raised garden beds and container gardening to constructing pots out of ordinary household objects and growing meals out of your own backyard, you'll get your garden up and running in no time!

If you are interested in a formal track or want to get authorized as a professional on all things about gardening, we highly recommend looking at professional bodies and schools in gardening and floristry such as the American Institute of Floral Designers of the AIFD (www.aifd.org), the National Gardening Organization (www.garden.org), the American Floral Endowment (www.endowment.org), the American Horticultural Society (www.ahsgardening.org) and other similar organizations offering tracks specializing in floristry and horticulture.

Turning Your Yard into a Lush Garden

Ever wanted to spend some time managing your backyard but never really had enough time to, with all the tasks and deadlines you needed to keep up with? Well, now that we're on lockdown, we're going to help you maximize the time and make isolation a better experience with the beauty of nature. Here are some newbie-friendly gardening projects you can tackle to keep yourself occupied and stay productive during the quarantine!

Raised Garden Beds

If you've just started on your gardening endeavors, this is a fantastic way to start off. As the saying goes, you should always start small, and raised garden beds will let you do just that.

With a smaller, controlled mass of soil to care for, you'll have your personal garden without needing to commit to the entire yard. The wooden planks that frame raised garden beds will keep weeds out and maintain the soil's health and fertility without worrying about external threats.

Growing Meals Out of Your Backyard

Many people today are learning how to grow their meals straight out of their yards, and for good reason. Not only is it less costly, but everyone knows organic food is better for your health - plus, it will give you an useful life skill!

If you're planning to plant more than one crop in your garden, which is what we recommend even for rookies, make sure to keep them in distinct areas to make sure they don't interfere with each other's growth or accidentally stump them. Better yet, you could craft them each their own raised beds, or at least their own containers or pots, if you have limited room.

Container Gardening

If you don't have a backyard, or much space to work with, don't worry - indoor gardening lets you grow as much plants and flowers you want without making your place look smaller at all!

Start with a couple pots and containers of your fresh greens and favorite blooms. Look at where you can place in some plants to optimize your space, and enjoy the fresh air and cool atmosphere that container gardening will bring you!

Reinvented Plant Beds & Racks

This is another fantastic option to make best use of your space besides container gardening, specifically if you have a bunch of spare materials lying around your house that you want to take advantage of. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of ways you can play around and make reinvented plant beds and racks to get a greener home!

With a few wooden planks and stray pieces of string, you could assemble vertical flower beds, string of pots hoisted on the roof or the gutter, racks of pots on the staircase, or a tiered ladder planter, to name a few. You could also repurpose some household items like shower caddies to hold and organize your flower pots, or develop all kinds of hooks for your pots with string, spare timber, and scraps of metal.

Pots Out of the Box

Who says you have to be restricted to basic plant pots and plastic soil containers when you start your own garden? So long as it can hold soil effectively and won't flop when you pour water inside, it can be a plant pot!

Here are a couple of ideas on out of the box pots you can work with for your own garden: knitted pots, mason jars, cardboard boxes, tin cans, metal or plastic pails and buckets, wine bottles cut in half, old mugs, or old boots to place by a wall or fence. You can use basically anything that can carry water and soil and keep your plants upright.

Gardening Tools Organizer

If you have a some spare planks of plywood lying around, this is a good time to get your tools organized and keep them in one place. With a handful of nails and a hammer, you could build a simple hanging organizer to keep your shovels, rakes, garden hose, dowel, and other gardening tools.

Want to keep your seeds sorted out and keep them from scattering and getting mixed up? You can use old candy containers, like Tic-Tac capsules, to put each sort of seed in and label them appropriately.