Beginner Gardening: First Time Homeowner + Landscaping = Much Help Needed!, 2 by rteets

rteets wrote:
Justin

You have a lovely home! How nice that you are so concerned that it look good.

Obviously, all we can do is venture guesses at the problem, or problems. I will venture my own guess. I don't know about your lawn. I am certainly no expert about that as I just let mine go pretty much with only minimal maintenance. My gardens are another story. If things have gone downhill that fast, and all the care was done by the previous owner, I would think that he was liberal with the fertilizers, pesticides, and or herbicides. That's how many people garden and it works as long as you keep it up faithfully. However, the plants become junkies and as soon as you stop you have some difficulties, often fairly quickly. You can learn a chemically based regimen, as it appears that the previous owner may have done (be careful if you have kids or pets) or you can wait it out with organic support ( we can help you with that) and know that your plants will not look good for a while, but eventually all will be well. Just know that you can have a stunning garden without chemicals if you choose. I will include a couple of pictures of mine which have not had any chemical support for over 15 years. Good luck. There's no need to do anything until you sort it out.

This message was edited Oct 10, 2013 10:54 AM

This message was edited Oct 10, 2013 10:55 AM