INITIAL PREPARATORY STEPS OF GARDENING AS A HOBBY

 INITIAL PREPARATORY STEPS OF GARDENING AS A HOBBY

I recently started gardening more out of necessity.

It started not so dramatically. We had a young gardener to look after a small area in front of our house for visits every 2-3 months. He was good and the garden looked very good after one or two days of his visit. Somehow he became too busy. We could not get a good replacement for him.

In the meanwhile covid-19 hit the world. It was even more difficult to get folks to help with the garden.

So I read up on gardening and took it up.

First took a trip upto to the shops for tools, gloves, a pruning scissors and a shearer for the branches. We already had a small crow bar, spades and shovels for digging.

When I tried my hand at gardening, I realised my thick leather-like gloves were too bulky for trimming, etc. Water also soaked it easily and it took so long to dry.

So I looked around and managed to buy water proof, fitting, gloves for a nominal price. This helped me as an initial step to enjoy my gardening.

Though I attend to my professional duties, some of my daytime activities like early sunlit mornings and evenings just before sunset are spent in the garden.

Shoes too matter as they should be washable, as I discovered subsequently after spoiling my loafers. 

An apron too - preferably one made of cotton with a pocket in front made life easier to keep things in it. 

More of gardening in the next blog!