Summertime: Preparing Your Garden For Vacation!

Happy Wednesday! Summer is vacation time which means not only making preparations for your travels but also your home and garden while you're gone.  I live in Texas and being away from my garden for a week could mean coming home to dead plants--that's no fun! No worries, I have learned a few precautions to help keep your flowers fresh while you're gone...

I start by soaking my landscaping with a good watering the day before I leave.  My last few trips it actually rained before I left--what a blessing! Next, I move most of of my container plants to Ginger Grand's wading pool. I fill it half full with water and then squeeze in as many plants as  I can. Don't worry about making your larger plants fit--I have another suggestion for them.

I save wine bottles for my larger container plants.  They hold more water than watering orbs and I try to repurpose/recycle in the garden whenever I can.  Just fill with water, invert, and push them firmly into the plant. Easy peasy! 

Do you have other go-away-tips? I would love to hear--share the love!