Gardening With Containers

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have fresh tomatoes in your salad?  Could it be as easy as walking out on your deck and picking some ripe cherry tomatoes right, plan on your deck?  Well it certainly can be that easy and it is very possible to do.  You can find cherry tomato [...]

Are you bored with the  same old garden ideas?  Want to try something different?  The next time you’re in the hardware store grab yourself a  mailbox post holder, and a mailbox.  Just an inexpensive plastic mailbox will be good enough for this project.  The post holder eliminates any need for digging a hole or using [...]

My wife finds some very unusual containers to plant in at local home decorating stores or discount outlets. This week it is a new idea she came up with while driving home one evening from work. We will do some video as that project evolves and put it up so you can see how it [...]

Warm weather has finally arrived in the North part of the country.  One of the quickest and easiest ways to start a vegetable garden is by using containers.  Containers can be anything from plant pots to window boxes or raised beds built from wood filled with dirt and instantly ready to plant.  Vegetable seedlings have [...]

If you don’t have an existing garden already, you might want to consider planting some vegetable seedlings in containers for a couple of reasons. In order to build a regular garden from scratch, you need to remove the sod, remove any rocks, till the soil, and most likely amend the soil to get it into [...]

Mixing the soil you use in your containers is important. It will determine how well what you put in the pots will grow and produce flowers or fruits and vegetables. There are several ways you can mix up your soil. Always make sure you use good quality potting soil and compost. It also helps when [...]

Why bother with aroma therapy when you can spend you leisure time surrounded by the fragrance of a scented garden? Think about doing this in containers and keeping them inside your home to get the benefits of the aroma therapy on a constant basis while you are inside. A scented garden is delightful at any [...]

Whether you have acres of land, a small back yard, a balcony or just a windowsill you can grow a Herb Garden. The gardening world is making it easier than ever for us all to get the benefit of fresh flavorful herbs throughout the year. You can plant them right in your garden or in [...]

An Australian artist named Mea Souris invented the Down Under Pot. Mea’s  formal training is in portrait style sculptures and architectural ceramics.  With over 25 years in these fields, she has found that she needs to supply a growing export market with a unique product.  She came up with the idea of the Down Under [...]

The first question is what is a container? The answer to that is quite simple. A container is any sort of vessel that can be used to hold something. The next question. Why do we want to use containers? There are several answers to that question. One answer is that containers give you the ability [...]