New Plant Markers for a New Year of Gardening

Set Some Goals and Use Plant Markers to Add New Organization to Your 2016 Garden

The year 2015 may have gone by so fast that you haven’t had time yet to contemplate personal goals you might like to set for 2016. The same could be said for gardening season. It will be here sooner than you expect. This year, why not combine the two? You could try making gardening goals part of your New Year’s goals. Something as small as adding new plant markers to the yard counts as a 2016 resolution.

Perhaps the most common New Year goals revolve around weight loss. Some of the same principles required to make successful weight loss resolutions count in the garden too. Here are a few:

1. Start Small
If you’ve ever tried reaching a weight loss goal you may have found that it’s best to make just one or two small changes at a time. You are more apt to make and keep minor adjustments. Overzealous goals can be hard to maintain. In gardening terms, this means start small. Just because your whole yard could use a makeover doesn’t mean you have to do it all in one year. Instead of re-planting a full front or back landscape, focus on re-working a single planter box or one section of the yard. Do this one area right and add plant markers to celebrate your achievement.

2. Shake Things up
When you hit a weight loss plateau, experts suggest trying something new. Change the workout routine or make a shift in the diet plan. Your gardening goals sometimes need a little re-invigorating as well. This year, why not buy a cool new gardening gadget? Or take a bonsai class? Learn about composting or just try new annuals in the area where you’ve always planted the same old thing. Success sometimes means being willing to shake things up a bit.

3. Show up Faithfully
The biggest reason why people don’t meet weight loss goals is that they aren’t faithful to their plan. Your garden needs you to show up faithfully. Whether you’re growing nutritious vegetables, fabulous blooms or an attractive yard, find a time when you can be faithful to weed, turn the soil or mulch and do a bit of fertilizing and pruning. If this is pleasurable, you’ll be far more likely to be regular. So, is an early morning garden routine good for you? Or are you better later in the day, after work as a way to unwind? Build this time into your weekly schedule and reap the benefits personally and in a fantastic growing season.

At Kincaid Plant Markers we provide plant markers in a variety of price points to match the seriousness of the gardener. Although not everyone needs our top-of-the-line markers used by professional gardeners, even our modest plant markers are head and shoulders above the rest in term of quality and durability. This year, why not try adding some of our attractive markers to your plantings? It’s a 2016 commitment that’s easy to keep.