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An Insightful Guide to Container Gardening
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CONTAINER GARDENING Pots & Planters Selecting Plants Potting Mixes Planting Watering Sunlight Fertilizer Pest Problems Growing Vertical  This site is brought to you by www.PlanetNatural.com |
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"...all the information you need to start growing in containers!" Plants, Pots & Planters He who plants a garden plants happiness. If you want to be happy for a lifetime, plant a garden. - Chinese ProverbThere are few things more satisfying than watching those little seeds you planted not so long ago, slowly spring from the earth to form nourishing vitamin rich food for you and the people you love. Sadly, in this day and age, not everyone has a big backyard with soil suited for growing vegetables. Some of us don't have any yard at all! However, even the smallest patio, back porch, balcony or doorstep can provide enough room for a beautiful and productive container garden (see Small Space Gardening). There are many wonderful reasons to garden partially or exclusively in containers. Not only does growing in pots allow you to have a portable garden that can be moved to create any effect you want, but they can be brought inside as soon as the weather turns cold for a fresh, year round supply of flowers, vegetables, and herbs. Learn more about indoor gardening here. Container gardening is particularly great if you live in the city. For inspiration, one needs only to turn to the roof-top gardener's of New York City. Working with a limited amount of space they have transformed these areas, using an assortment of garden supplies, potting mixes and various plants, into lush getaways high above the din and chaos of the city. Combined with existing garden beds container gardens can be used to accent plantings by adding height, color and other features that may be lacking. They can also be used to confine invasive plants that would normally over run your gardening space, such as mint, St. johns wart, or grasses to name a few. A marvelous advantage of growing in containers is that you can completely control the soil quality. This is a major boon to anyone who has plants that struggle yearly with diseases, insect pests, or poor conditions. By being able to hand pick your growing medium, and nutrients, you can ensure that your plants thrive under optimal conditions. Planting in pots has a long history dating back to the first Egyptian, Roman, and Oriental cultures. The legendary (possibly mythical) Hanging Gardens of Babylon were considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and Henry the VIII was so impressed with the Hampton Court Gardens that he had it's owner arrested and claimed it for himself. Take a tour of the gardens here. With a little work, container gardens can be a stunning part of any landscape. Their possibilities are never ending and anyone with a little imagination, and a passion for horticulture, will be able to create the garden of their dreams. On this site, I've posted all kinds of information to help get you started growing in containers. I recommend these other sites if you're looking for specific information about organic tomato gardening, herb gardening or rose gardening. Author's note: If you have a website or garden related blog of your own, and feel your readers would enjoy this site, please consider adding a link to http://www.containergardeningguru.com/. Thank you! |
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