Gardening

Gardening for some people is a pleasant recreation, to other an absorbing hobby. People of all ages in every part of the world grow food and flowers in gardens. To millions gardening is the work by which they make their own daily bread and help to feed the rest of the world.

One the best things about home gardening is that it can be enjoyed by anyone who loves nature and who has a few feet of soil in which to work. From the time children can first toddle after their mothers, helping to pull weeds and seeds of plants, gardening can be exciting and interesting for them all their lives.

Gardening makes a person appreciate beauty, and gives a realization that plants, like all other living things, will be well and healthy only if they are given good care, proper food, and enough water and sunshine. Anyone who plants a garden must "follow through" if he wants success. A week's neglect of weed pulling or of watering in a dry spell may result in a ruined garden. Plants are living things arid they deserve good care on the part of the gardeners.

The families who live on most small or medium-sized places are able and glad to do all the gardening themselves. Sometimes an expert or a landscape architect is called in to make the first plan. Perhaps he plants the trees, shrubs, and hedges, and lays out the driveways.

Gardens, besides beautifying the house with flowers and trees, can also be useful and productive if they are planted with fruits, vegetables or medicinal herbs.

Source : an english course by A. Ghani Johan