Here are a number of ways to save water in the garden. If you think of more, please comment below and share them with all of us.
Compost – Amending your garden or container soil with lots of organic compost will help build the water-holding capacity of that soil reducing run-off.
Mulch – Use at least two [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Container gardening'
Easy to Grow Broccoli, Cauliflower & Cabbage
May 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Container gardening, Insects, Vegetable Gardening
Growing broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage in the vegetable garden or containers is easy to do. You can buy plants or raise them from seed. Try growing your own if you want lots of choices when it comes to varieties. Start the seeds indoors 4-5 weeks before you’d like to set them out. Older transplants won’t [...]
Tags: Bacillus thuringiensis·Broccoli·Bt·Cabbage·Cauliflower·cutworm·food growing·vegetable garden
WonderSoil, Food-Growing Encyclopedia, StrawPots & Super Plums
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Book Reviews, Container gardening, Gardening News, Healthy Gardener, Insects, Plums
•WonderSoil is by far the best soilless potting mix I have ever used. It is a dehydrated, compressed medium that quickly expands 10 to 12 times in volume when water is added. It is made up of a combination of coconut coir, worm castings, kelp, mycorrhizal fungi, water-holding polymers and organic micro-nutrients. Seedlings germinate quickly [...]
Tags: food-growing encyclopedia·garden·plum·StrawPot·vegetable garden·WonderSoil
Neighborhood Food Growing
March 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Container gardening, Food Gardening, Fruit, Vegetable Gardening
Here’s a new twist on eating locally grown food. Friends, neighbors and others in the same geographical area are banding together to grow as much of their food supply as possible. It’s a great idea, especially now during our economic downturn.
Tags: community agriculture·food growing·Fruit·fruit growing·garden·growing·local food·vegetable·vegetable garden·veggies
Vegetable and Fruit Growing in Containers
March 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Container gardening, Fruit, Peppers, Strawberries, Summer Squash, Tomatoes, Vegetable Gardening, Winter Squash
This season try growing vegetables and fruit in containers on the deck or patio. You can have the benefits of ornamental plants and the pleasure of delicious produce. Floranova, a creative plant breeding company located in the UK, has developed a line of food plants for containers that have been selected for their beauty and [...]
Tags: container·Fruit·garden·growing·strawberry·vegetable·veggies
How to Grow Potatoes Organically
March 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Container gardening, Food Gardening, Potatoes, Vegetable Gardening
Growing your own potatoes will pay big dividends in flavor and nutrition, especially if you grow them organically. Sure, you can buy a ten-pound bag of potatoes in the supermarket for a song, but have you ever put your nose to the mesh opening on that bag and sniffed? Chemicals, fungicide, heaven knows what! How [...]
Tags: compost·container·edible landscape·garden·growing·Irrigation·organic·potatoes·Soil·vegetable
Growing Celery in Containers
March 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Celery, Container gardening, Food Gardening, Vegetable Gardening
Celery growing requires a good amount of sun – at least six hours a day. If it’s morning and afternoon sun with a shady break around noon, so much the better.
Vegetable Garden Tips & Tricks
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Composting & Fertilizers, Container gardening, Insects, Landscape Design, Plant Diseases, Vegetable Gardening
Thinning – Many vegetables must be thinned to be productive. Thinning simply means removing seedlings so the remaining ones have room to grow. Carrots are number one on this list. No matter how careful you are when seeding, too many carrot plants will pop up. Take the time to carefully pull the extras until each [...]