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Helping Potted Plants Survive Drought Conditions on a Budget

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Tracy

Drought times are especially tricky for container gardeners. Plants in pots have less soil volume and less access to water than plants placed in the ground. If your area is experiencing a drought, the local city may have started water … Continue reading →

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Fairy Gardens – Little Wonders in Containers

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Tracy

If you have younger kids in your home and you love container gardens, one good way to give them the gardening bug is to help them plant a fairy garden. A fairy garden is a miniature garden setting planted in … Continue reading →

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Self-Contained Patio Gardening: The Earth Box

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Tracy

The gardening market is saturated with hundreds of gadgets that are supposed to make life better. One that’s recently caught my eye – but that I haven’t had the chance to try, is the EarthBox. These products are self-contained containers … Continue reading →

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Grow Bags – An Easy Container Solution

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Tracy

If you look in gardening centers right now, you will see all kind of grow bags. Everything from the hanging upside down tomato bags made of nylon fabric to the “tater totes,” bags made of landscape fabric and used to … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Container Garden (Even If You Have the Space for an In-Ground Garden)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Tracy

I have both an in-ground vegetable garden, and a container veggie garden. Of the two, I prefer my container garden for several reasons. Container gardens are mobile. When I moved into my home 8 years ago, my veggie garden was … Continue reading →

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Creative Containers

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Tracy

When I started container gardening, I thought that the only thing that constituted a container was a terracotta pot. Then I was given a gift of a large pond liner. For two years, my pond liner sat in my backyard, … Continue reading →

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A Love Affair With Containers

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Tracy

My love affair with container gardening started the day I moved into my new apartment post-college. Now that I was in a real-life home as a big girl, my family gave me real housewarming gifts, including a windowsill tray with … Continue reading →

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