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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

How To Design a Container Garden #1 of 6 Follow this simple design concept.

Follow this simple design concept, and boost the impact of your container gardens with plants of various sizes, textures and color combinations. Gardening with containers allows you the opportunity to experiment with color combinations and plant choices before committing to those plants in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Tips For Growing Vegetables In Containers #4 Grouped Containers

Group containers of all shapes, sizes and finishes to create a colorful effect. This tiled patio is given a contemporary feel with metallic containers filled with the bold foliage of Asian greens and colored stems of Swiss chard 'Bright Lights'. Consider including galvanized garbage cans or colorful... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Tips For Growing Vegetables In Containers #3 Tip for a Small Garden

To make the most out of available space, intersperse fast-growing crops, such as radishes and lettuce, in plantings of slower-growing vegetables. Here, red-leaved lettuces are ready for harvest, while the zucchini plant they surround has yet to set fruit. Nearby, a pepper plant shares its pot with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Tips For Growing Vegetables In Containers #2 Recycled Kitchen Colander

Hanging baskets are a great way to create extra growing space, and a kitchen colander, with ready-made drainage holes, is a quirky alternative to standard designs. Tumbling varieties of bush tomatoes, with trusses of colorful fruit, will cascade over the edge of the container, as will fast-growing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tips For Growing Vegetables In Containers #2 Recycled Kitchen Colander

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Tips For Growing Vegetables In Containers #1 Ranks of Terra-cotta Pots

Large terra-cotta pots are stylish, easy to care for and look perfect arranged along the edge of a flight of steps or on a patio. This patch of light shade suits sage, mint, thyme and parsley well, although almost any herb will flourish in a container when well watered. To keep plants compact and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Growing a Kitchen Garden: #10 You don't have to hide your

You don't have to hide your vegetable garden. Where you can, find a way to integrate your fruit and veggie garden with an area of your yard where you tend to hang out. When the crops are close at hand, you're much more likely to pluck off a bad bug or give a thirsty plant a drink Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Growing a Kitchen Garden: #9 Stay On Top Of The Harvest...

Stay on top of the harvest. Pick produce when it's ready. Removing beans as they mature allows more of the plant's energy to go into supporting the later fruit that forms. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Growing a Kitchen Garden: #8 Too much of the same kind...

Mingle your plants. Too much of the same kind of plant in a grouping sends "eat here" messages to bad bugs. Here, squash, peppers and beans share the space. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Growing a Kitchen Garden: #7 Anticipate Animal Pests!

Anticipate animals pests. To a raccoon these young corn plants mean dinner in the making, once the ears are fully developed. Talk to your neighbors and try to learn what pests to expect in your area. With the right kind of fencing, you can deter raccoons, rabbits, groundhogs, deer, dogs and other... Sign in to see full entry.

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