Typhoons can destroy houses, properties, and gardens. And if you’re worried about your garden due to the damage from the recent typhoon in your area, you should start working on it as soon as possible.
Recovering a garden can be overwhelming, especially if the damage caused by the typhoon is too much, and may not seem salvageable. Fortunately, no matter how much damage your garden has been through, there are many ways to recover it. Although it may not be recovered right away, it can still improve over time.
In this article, we’ll discuss some tips for recovering your garden after a typhoon.
1. Check the Safety of the Area
Before you start working on your garden, you should ensure that it’s safe to enter. You can call an arborist or other professional to examine the area. There may be some worn branches from the trees, damaged structures that are about to fall, and debris or sharp objects that may be in the way.
On the other hand, if you don’t want to call an expert to check it for you, ensure you wear protective gloves, heavy-duty work boots, and eye protection before starting the cleaning process.
2. Clear Out Debris
When it’s time for cleanup, start by removing the fallen branches, leaves, and other foreign objects. If some of your plants are still alive, be extra careful when getting close to them and avoid disturbing them. Besides, they’re still in a fragile state due to the trauma they’ve been through during the typhoon.
So, even if you have to remove a lot, you shouldn’t forget about the things that should stay in your garden, and avoid damaging them.
3. Assess the Damage to the Garden
In some cases, plants or trees can still be planted, but they’re already dead. However, before uprooting them, you should first assess their actual state. If you’re having a hard time assessing whether plants or trees are still alive, you can have your arborist check them for you.
Besides, even after the strongest typhoon, there are times when the plants, trees, or shrubs still survive.
4. Prune with Purpose
Once you confirm that the trees or plants are still alive, you can start pruning them. However, when doing so, ensure that you’re pruning with a purpose. If you prune unnecessarily, you may end up damaging the trees or plants more.
Since they’ve gone through a lot, you can just prune the weak or damaged branches, excess leaves, and other parts that have been affected by pests or diseases.
5. Enhance Soil Quality
Typhoons not only damage plants and trees, but also the soil. So, to be able to recover your garden from the damage of the typhoon, it’s best to revive the soil first. If you aren’t aware of the current status of the soil, you can ask your arborist to conduct a soil test and consult about the right ways you can improve the quality of he soil in your garden.
6. Observe for Pests and Diseases
Once everything is in order, you should still observe the area for pests and diseases. Since the typhoon just passed by, there may not be enough sunlight to dry everything. Check the area to see if there are any moulds, leaf discolouration, insect infestation, and other unfamiliar species that you haven’t seen before in your garden.
7. Replant Considering Resilient Species
When replanting for the recovery of your garden, consider planting resilient native plants, so that they can survive in your local climate. At the same time, they can easily recover in case of typhoons and other natural disasters.
Additionally, native plants are low maintenance, so you can work on the rest of your chores before tending to their needs.
8. Improve Drainage and Structure
If the damage around the garden is too much, such as broken drainage or structure, there are things you can do to improve and get started with recovering your garden. Some of these include adding heavy soils or gravel to the damaged areas, installing raised beds, rain gardens and swales to divert the excess water.
9. Be Patient with Recovery
Once everything’s done, the only thing you can do is wait for the results. As mentioned, knowing whether your garden has already recovered takes time, so it’s best to be patient about it. In addition, avoid doing additional stuff that can further harm your already suffering garden.
10. Plan and Document Every Step of the Way
Documenting the garden before, during, and after is an essential part of ensuring that you can track the progress of your garden. At the beginning, taking pictures allows you to plan. Meanwhile, during the recovery process, you can take some pictures to further steps you can make, and lastly, the main benefit of taking pictures sis to compare the look of your garden after making everything you can do to recover it, and compare them to the look of the garden after a few weeks or months.
Final Thoughts
Although it’s a devastating experience to see your garden get wrecked by a typhoon, don’t lose hope, since you can still recover the garden in the future. By considering the tips in this article, you can learn how to recover your damaged garden after a typhoon.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Aliana Baraquio is a web content writer working for Sydney Tree Solutions, a company that provides tree removal and arborist services throughout Sydney. As a writer, she is passionate about providing good-quality articles that help readers make the right choice.
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