Posts tagged: container-gardening
The Littlest Veggie Gardens
By lilybee
What's better than chomping on food you grew yourself? Not a lot really. Except maybe chomping on food you grew yourself in a tiny space, without a garden, as if by MAGIC (like 8th-floor-balcony, middle-of-the-city Sweet Peppers). TheKitchn has a roundup of the loveliest, tiniest veggie patches for us urbanites looking for inspiration to play in the dirt. There are links to the best crops for pots ("crops" squee!) and a how-to on building » READ MORE
How to Grow Potatoes in a Trash Can
By DIY Maven
If you've never dug for potatoes, you don't know what you're missing. Finding spuds hiding in dirt is sort of like uncovering buried treasure. That is until your garden fork impales one of the darlings.
Inspiring Garden Decor
By suzyrenovatorSpring is officially here! It's time to start thinking about outdoor projects. Each year the precursor to Spring is a flurry of home and garden shows and the best part about attending these shows is the inspiration you take with you when you leave. Canada Blooms - The Toronto Flower & Garden show just wrapped up and I wanted to share some of its inspiring sights.
These modern, white wall-mounted pots served two purposes. Not only did t » READ MORE
The Container Gardening Craze!
By ChrisjobThe Lifestyle section of MSN offers an article from Country Living on the myriad options of growing contained greenery. "The most utilitarian of garden objects, pots serve several vital functions. First, they're home to plants we can’t or don't want to grow directly in the ground (this includes house plants). In regions where the soil is dense with clay, containers offer gardeners a welcoming environment in which t nurture plants that sulk and di » READ MORE
jimoppihle
By jimoppihlehas any one tried the upside down tomato plants im thinking about useing cut down 5 gallon buckets and putting them on my deck rail possibly 2 plants on bottom and one on top cutting them in half shouild have enough soil to supply three plants i hope then ill water them with a coffee can with a 1 16th drill bit hole in bottom of can to slowly feed the miricle gro water slowly aiming the hole at the roots warering every three days » READ MORE
Gardening help!
By badbadivyThose of you who are container gardening gurus: do you know what causes brown edges on your leaves? Is it over watering or under watering? I'm watering my plants about every 2 days and the pots have good drainage, but I'm still getting brown around the edges of my leaves. Gah! My plants hate me! Maybe I should go out and talk to them?
And just because, here's a picture of some plants that are doing way better than mine:
