Maintaining a school garden during the summer, amid vacation plans, is a common challenge. You want to enjoy the break to renew your spirits, but you don’t want to see all the hard work from the school year transform a beautiful garden into a jungle of weeds. Suggestions for simplifying summer maintenance include:
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- Choosing low-maintenance plants.
- Growing plants that will thrive on their own without much attention. Two characteristics to look for are drought tolerance and vigorous foliage that will smother or out-compete weeds.
- Adding a thick layer of mulch to reduce weed growth, maintain soil moisture, and enrich the soil as it decays.