A Garden Made Simple

A garden roll out is a pre-seeded roll that can be spread out on the ground.  The seeds are embedded in proper spacing, and should sprout into a fine garden.  Of course the soil must be bare, so you will have to remove weeds and grass first, but you might also have a thick layer of soil added atop which you will roll out the seeds.  Plants are grown with compatible other plants. 

The advantages are great for novice gardeners.  The seeds are set at proper spacing, the seeds are set at the proper depth, and the garden is in a sense already mulched.  Some rolls state that no fertilizer is needed, so the soil composition is fine.  Color schemes are carefully chosen, and plants that mature to compatible heights is expected.  So, if you have little gardening knowledge, you too can enjoy flowers, vegetables, and herbs.

For containers the garden roll can be cut and used to cover the container. 

Before buying a flower garden seed roll you must determine the sun or shade requirements, the season the seeds are prepared for, and whether there is a special type of garden you wish to plant.  While planting a spring garden is possible in most places, some seed packs advise that they are not recommended for the dessert.  Fall gardens require more care in choosing the plants, since not every plant does well with shortening days and colder weather, but that depends on location.  Pansies do well here where we rarely get freezing temperatures, and when we do have a freeze it is normally just a few degrees below freezing for a short period.  But, plants that require increasing duration of sunlight, or warmer temperatures, will not do so well if planted in the fall. 

Often sellers place things for sale by appropriate season, but since internet sales are worldwide the seeds sold in the fall may be intended for places where it is spring, like Australia.  Check the time of year the seeds are intended to be used.

Special considerations might be flowers that attract butterflies or hummingbirds.  Some garden rolls indicate they attract such welcome garden visitors.  So, if you wish to watch the beautiful creatures of nature fly into your garden provide them what they seek.

You cannot find a garden roll that will become an instant farm, but you can grow a couple of different, compatible crops together.  I saw one with lettuce and cucumbers.  Another has four different crops grouped.  Yes, garden rolls can bring you some fresh vegetables.  Just do not expect to find all of the vegetables you will need in a garden roll.

Herb rolls are similar to vegetable rolls, you can find a couple of compatible herbs in one roll.  But, you cannot find an entire herb garden in one single garden roll.

You can buy several garden rolls for different places on your property.  This might increase the variety of vegetables and herbs you will grow.  Or make different color splashes in different parts of your flower garden.

The planting might be planned, and rolling a garden out over readied soil might be easy, but you will have to water the plants if nature is not enough.  And you will have to tend to an occasional weeding.