Make your garden even greener with thesefun container gardening ideas. We've found people who plant their herbs, flowers, veg and salad in old toys, junker cars, Wellington boots, even a broken doll's head. We kid you not! If you've used something fun as a planter, thenplease share y...
PLANTING YOUR CONTAINERPlanting mix: Start with a commercial, peat-based, soil-less mix, which holds a lot more water than garden soil, and add in a slow-release fertilizer. When filling the pot with the mix, leave room for water—an inch between the soil surface and the rim of the ...
If this is the first time you are planting an herb container garden or the one hundredth, there is always something new to learn, some magical gift herbs give you, and something to share from your labors with others. Herbs are the most useful and giving plants! Tending an herb garden is...
Planting a container herb garden is easy and fun. A planter of your favorite herbs can sit on a kitchen counter or on your front porch! Clip herbs to add to your favorite dishes or use them with cut flower bouquets and arrangements in your home. MY LATEST VIDEOS Let’s make an herb c...
Want to set up the garden of your dreams while living in the city? Container gardening is the practice of growing plants, herbs, and flowers in pots, tubs, or any small enclosed space. Container plants can add colour and vibrancy to your home. What’s more, a container garden can relax...
Whether you live in a house with a big yard or an apartment with a tiny balcony, you can grow your own herb garden. 1. Use containers There’s certainly nothing wrong with planting herbs directly in the ground, but ...
Function A plant container holds within it the soil, nutrients and moisture the plant needs to survive and thrive. The plant sends out roots, just as it would in an in-ground garden, into the potting mix in search of food and water. The container acts as a microcosm; the root system ...
If you're planting rosemary, always reserve it for the top portion of the strawberry planter, as this herb can become rather large and bushy. Using Containers in the Garden By keeping your most delicate herbs in containers outside in the garden, not only will it be easier to transport them...
Strawbale gardening is also a wonderful way to start a garden bed above the ground. Why? Because once it’s decomposed you just keep planting in it. All you have to do is keep layering compost on top. I have grown huge crops in bales over the years, everything from Lettuce, herbs, ...
For creative gardeners, part of the thrill of container gardening is finding unique and fun containers to use. Container gardens need much less water than in-ground gardens, making them popular in drought-stricken areas. However, if planting a container garden for the first time, note that whil...