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A Quick Guide To Container Gardening
Sally Robson asked:
In the past, gardening has been exclusively associated with large pieces of land. Nowadays, even the flat dweller can grow a dream garden, without having any fuss. One’s dream can be fulfilled, by container gardening, which means the gardening is done in a special container, in restricted areas. Container gardening provides all the delights of gardening, without weekly mowing and maintenance. Gardening in a container, allows you to grow perennials, annuals, vegetables and even shrubs and small trees.
Container gardening can be achieved very easily. For those who do not have access to a plot of land, this method allows the land to be transferred to a convenient site. Just as with normal gardening, container gardening also requires proper planning. Planning consists of finding your suitable place, the right sized container, the soil and the most suitable types of plants.
It is always advisable to buy the plants from nearest nursery, unless you have perfect conditions, to go for indoor seedlings. With this type of gardening, you should be careful to not keep the tender plants outside, below 45
In the past, gardening has been exclusively associated with large pieces of land. Nowadays, even the flat dweller can grow a dream garden, without having any fuss. One’s dream can be fulfilled, by container gardening, which means the gardening is done in a special container, in restricted areas. Container gardening provides all the delights of gardening, without weekly mowing and maintenance. Gardening in a container, allows you to grow perennials, annuals, vegetables and even shrubs and small trees.
Container gardening can be achieved very easily. For those who do not have access to a plot of land, this method allows the land to be transferred to a convenient site. Just as with normal gardening, container gardening also requires proper planning. Planning consists of finding your suitable place, the right sized container, the soil and the most suitable types of plants.
It is always advisable to buy the plants from nearest nursery, unless you have perfect conditions, to go for indoor seedlings. With this type of gardening, you should be careful to not keep the tender plants outside, below 45
Planning A New Vegetable Garden
Dan Turner asked:
Looking to start a garden? Gardening season is upon us again. This is my favorite time of the year! Whether you are planting on a existing garden plot, or are moving your garden to another area, or just starting from scratch, there a few things you will need to consider in order to get your new vegetable garden going. Plan that new garden early!
First, consider what you would like to plant. Corn? Tomatoes? Cucumbers? Depending on what you decide will bring you to some other questions.
Do you know what if any amendments your soil may need? Now would be a good time for a soil test, so you can add any nutrients well before planting season.
Questions like, what size should my garden be? If you want corn in your garden, then you will need a larger space, verses planting onions, which requires little space at all. Just remember that if you are new to gardening, you may want to start with a smaller garden until you gain some experience. The larger the garden, the more work involved. And then that takes you to where would be a good location, and is that location sunny or shaded?
Once these questions are answered, then the land will need to be prepared, and next off to purchase your seeds or plants!
The key to having a great garden in pre-planning. Be sure to ask yourself questions, or visit your local gardening center before starting on a new vegetable garden, and you will be on your way to great tasting, fresh vegetables from your garden to your table.
container garden
Looking to start a garden? Gardening season is upon us again. This is my favorite time of the year! Whether you are planting on a existing garden plot, or are moving your garden to another area, or just starting from scratch, there a few things you will need to consider in order to get your new vegetable garden going. Plan that new garden early!
First, consider what you would like to plant. Corn? Tomatoes? Cucumbers? Depending on what you decide will bring you to some other questions.
Do you know what if any amendments your soil may need? Now would be a good time for a soil test, so you can add any nutrients well before planting season.
Questions like, what size should my garden be? If you want corn in your garden, then you will need a larger space, verses planting onions, which requires little space at all. Just remember that if you are new to gardening, you may want to start with a smaller garden until you gain some experience. The larger the garden, the more work involved. And then that takes you to where would be a good location, and is that location sunny or shaded?
Once these questions are answered, then the land will need to be prepared, and next off to purchase your seeds or plants!
The key to having a great garden in pre-planning. Be sure to ask yourself questions, or visit your local gardening center before starting on a new vegetable garden, and you will be on your way to great tasting, fresh vegetables from your garden to your table.
container garden
Building a Vegetable Garden – A Green and Clean Garden
Ashish K Arora asked:
If you are someone who has never grown your own vegetables, then here is an article talking about building a vegetable garden of your own. Learn how to start looking after a garden. Many of you when building a garden only use the space for simple kitchen garden products and leave areas of empty land.
Look out for gardens that suit your budget because building a vegetable garden might prove to be a bit heavy on your pocket. Try making your garden veggies row long and in continuous form so that the work can be carried out soon and easily using wheel tools. Dedicate each row for a type of vegetable.
Be careful in planting plants with similar requirement in one row. Leave some space in between them so that you can walk around well. Building a vegetable garden is easy if it is well looked after. Crop rotation helps in preventing the damage caused to the soil.
For additional spaces left out plant some ornamental plants or flowers that can add to its decorum. Take care that sunlight, water are adequately supplied to all the plants on a daily basis. Building a vegetable garden that is beautiful and is able to provide food is great. Your kitchen garden will prove to be a great help in enhancing the taste and nutrition in your diet.
Container Gardening
If you are someone who has never grown your own vegetables, then here is an article talking about building a vegetable garden of your own. Learn how to start looking after a garden. Many of you when building a garden only use the space for simple kitchen garden products and leave areas of empty land.
Look out for gardens that suit your budget because building a vegetable garden might prove to be a bit heavy on your pocket. Try making your garden veggies row long and in continuous form so that the work can be carried out soon and easily using wheel tools. Dedicate each row for a type of vegetable.
Be careful in planting plants with similar requirement in one row. Leave some space in between them so that you can walk around well. Building a vegetable garden is easy if it is well looked after. Crop rotation helps in preventing the damage caused to the soil.
For additional spaces left out plant some ornamental plants or flowers that can add to its decorum. Take care that sunlight, water are adequately supplied to all the plants on a daily basis. Building a vegetable garden that is beautiful and is able to provide food is great. Your kitchen garden will prove to be a great help in enhancing the taste and nutrition in your diet.
Container Gardening
How do you can jalapeno and salsa peppers?
MyMxBoys II *Undercover Baglady* asked:
What liquid do you can them with?
How did your garden do this year?
Mines is producing bumper crops of peppers tomatoes and cucumbers the size of a baseball bat….not really but they are big!! lol
Canning is a way to preserve vegetables like peppers, tomatoes green beans etc.
Sorry I guess I just figured you’d know…
Container Gardening
What liquid do you can them with?
How did your garden do this year?
Mines is producing bumper crops of peppers tomatoes and cucumbers the size of a baseball bat….not really but they are big!! lol
Canning is a way to preserve vegetables like peppers, tomatoes green beans etc.
Sorry I guess I just figured you’d know…
Container Gardening
Will hot peppers keep squirrels and rabbitts away?
Veritatum17 asked:
I’m raising peppers, tomatoes and some herbs from seed. I was told that planting hot peppers as a tight perimeter around vegetables will help keep rodents out since the capsacin on the outside of the peppers burns their noses and eyes. Is this true?
I’m raising peppers, tomatoes and some herbs from seed. I was told that planting hot peppers as a tight perimeter around vegetables will help keep rodents out since the capsacin on the outside of the peppers burns their noses and eyes. Is this true?
Is there any other way to keep them out without resorting to artificial chemicals or shotguns?
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Helpful Tips About Fall Gardening
Ramir Sarmiento asked:
Gardening during fall season is not a very common practice for most gardeners because they are worried of the early appearance of the winter frosts. However, what many gardeners are not aware of is that fall gardening often yields better vegetables and good crops. The vegetables harvested from fall gardening have sweeter taste compared to those produced during the other times of the year. In choosing for crops to grow, you should consider the space available and what you would like to eat. Some crops that grow on summer like sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, and okra will still survive until the early frosts occur.
Plants such as summer squash, cucumbers and snap beans can be grown up to the end of summer. If they are planted during the middle of summer they can still produce good harvests until the first frosts hit. Hardy and sturdy vegetables can withstand a temperature as low as 20 degrees. When growing a fall garden, choose crops that have short growing period so that they can be harvested before fall season ends. Packages of these seeds are usually labeled “early season”. You can buy them during spring and early summer. Just store them in a cool and dry location until it is time for them to be planted. When planning for a fall garden, you should check with the Farmers Almanac when the first hard frost will occur in your place. You should also have an idea on how long it will take for your seeds before they can be harvested.
You should prepare the soil very well before planting by removing leftover crops grown during the last season as these can spread disease and bacteria to your new crops. To increase the soil nutrients, put a good amount of mulch or compost over the area. However, if the last crops planted were heavily fertilized, you do not need to apply large amount of compost. Before planting, wet the soil and leave it for about 12-24 hours. Sturdy crops that are planted during fall gardening can survive until a few frosts hit your area. If you have root crops and the tops have withered due to freeze, you can still save the tuber or edible part by applying a huge amount of mulch. Gardeners should try fall gardening as it gives a better taste of vegetables.
Rose Maven
Gardening during fall season is not a very common practice for most gardeners because they are worried of the early appearance of the winter frosts. However, what many gardeners are not aware of is that fall gardening often yields better vegetables and good crops. The vegetables harvested from fall gardening have sweeter taste compared to those produced during the other times of the year. In choosing for crops to grow, you should consider the space available and what you would like to eat. Some crops that grow on summer like sweet potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, and okra will still survive until the early frosts occur.
Plants such as summer squash, cucumbers and snap beans can be grown up to the end of summer. If they are planted during the middle of summer they can still produce good harvests until the first frosts hit. Hardy and sturdy vegetables can withstand a temperature as low as 20 degrees. When growing a fall garden, choose crops that have short growing period so that they can be harvested before fall season ends. Packages of these seeds are usually labeled “early season”. You can buy them during spring and early summer. Just store them in a cool and dry location until it is time for them to be planted. When planning for a fall garden, you should check with the Farmers Almanac when the first hard frost will occur in your place. You should also have an idea on how long it will take for your seeds before they can be harvested.
You should prepare the soil very well before planting by removing leftover crops grown during the last season as these can spread disease and bacteria to your new crops. To increase the soil nutrients, put a good amount of mulch or compost over the area. However, if the last crops planted were heavily fertilized, you do not need to apply large amount of compost. Before planting, wet the soil and leave it for about 12-24 hours. Sturdy crops that are planted during fall gardening can survive until a few frosts hit your area. If you have root crops and the tops have withered due to freeze, you can still save the tuber or edible part by applying a huge amount of mulch. Gardeners should try fall gardening as it gives a better taste of vegetables.
Rose Maven
