Photograph your progress.
My top tip is to always photograph as you go along because it can get awfully disheartening when you've worked so hard and don't think you have got very far. To look back over your progress with before, during and after shots always makes you realise you have done more than you think and gives you impetus to continue. I can't overestiamte how much this helps, just trust me on this.
Buy the best tools you can afford and always use the correct one for the job.
You have heard the adage, "A bad workman always blames his tools"? Well, let me tell you it is so much easier to use the best quality and appropriate tool for a job. Why make it harder on yourself?
Keep it clean.
I am also a bit of a tidy freak so I always clear away the mess at the end of each day's gardening. It takes a bit longer but it gives you the best impression of the work you have done when you look out in the morning. I am aware that not everyone wants to do this - it's just my eccentricity.
Puddle your plants in.
I always find it helps the plant to get established by watering the plant and the hole you have prepared BEFORE you put the plant in. Dig your hole, half fill it with water, let it drain away and then remove your plant from it's pot, gently tease the roots then place your plant in the hole, filling it around the sides with soil and then pressing down all around it with your heel to firm it in. Water it well again and this should give your plant the best possible chance to survive.
Look for the best side of your plant before you plant it.
All plants have a best side, make sure you place them so they show it.
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