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Fall Gardening

Fall Container Gardening Ideas

August 25, 2009

Depending on your perspective, you may be either looking forward to fall, or dreading it. I am definitely in the former camp. I love the cooler fall weather, and by this time of year I am looking forward to having to water less. I’m also looking forward to a change in the type of tasks [...]

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The Decision

October 30, 2008

I apologize for the ominous title, but cutting off some of my tomato plant’s flowers was a difficult decision for me to make. You see, I grew this tomato plant from seed. I fertilized it every week, watered it regularly, I bought it a special, really tall pot so it could send it’s roots deep [...]

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Anyone Can Grow Iris in a Container

October 29, 2008

As someone with legal training, I’m hesitant to make such a broad claim, but I am pretty sure I am safe with this one:* Anyone can grow Iris in a pot. If you can add water when the soil is dry, you can have a beautiful one of these… Photo by **Mary** The ideal time [...]

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Vegetables And Herbs You Can Still Plant Before Winter

October 23, 2008

Close your eyes and imagine this scenario…Okay, don’t close your eyes, because then you can’t read the scenario… You just moved in to a new apartment and it has a great balcony with plenty of sun and you are thinking it would be great to beat the rising food costs and grow some of your [...]

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Bell Pepper Experiment

October 2, 2008

Over at Buddy Garden Blog, Louise summarized an Organic Gardening article about growing better bell peppers that reminded me that…DUH…I am growing bell peppers, maybe I should try some of the techniques they mentioned. I was thinking that I could put my nearly year-round gardening climate to good use and test out the Organic Gardening [...]

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SYS: Save Your Seeds

September 26, 2008

In the past month or so I let quite a few of my herbs flower and then go to seed. Collecting seeds is a pretty easy (and free!) way to get more plants. In the photo above I have some dilll and cilantro seeds, and the templates I photocopied from You Grow Girl by Gayla [...]

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The Thing About September – Fall To Do List

September 25, 2008

September is my birthday month, so maybe that’s why I spend so much time this month reflecting on the year thus far and thinking about what I want to do next year. Or maybe September is just that sort of month. A transitional month straddled between the growing season and the resting season. The last [...]

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Looking for Low Maintenance Fall Color?

September 24, 2008

If you’re looking for fall color, but don’t have tons of time to primp and preen thanks to the season’s shortening days, try some ornamental grasses. You don’t need to spend tons of time trying to put together the “perfect” pot, just plop the grass into an available pot, and away you go! Blue Oat [...]

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Not Your Grandma’s Bulbs

September 22, 2008

In case you’ve been in a coma the past few weeks, fall is here! And fall is bulb time. Pretty much everything that grows from a bulb is more spectacular than anything you could find growing in a six pack at Home Depot. But what if you really want to out do your self this [...]

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What Are Your Best Tips for Growing Ranunculus?

September 15, 2008

I just learned a new word. Bleg. It’s when you use your blog to beg for information. Isn’t that a funny word? I certainly got a little chuckle from it. Anyway, that’s exactly what I plan to do in this post, ask you for information. Have you ever grown ranunculus? I picked up six ranunculus [...]

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More on Bulbs

September 12, 2008

If my post on forcing bulbs piqued your interest in growing bulbs, check out these links for more interesting info on bulbs: Jim McCausland, over at Sunset’s Fresh Dirt blog, has some how to info on layering bulbs in the same pot, to fit more bulbs in and create pretty combinations of flowers. Better Homes [...]

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Create a Hanging Salad Bowl

August 27, 2008

Are you really short on space? Maybe you don’t have any dedicated outdoor floor space. Or maybe one more pot on your balcony will make it so there is no more room for you. No worries! Almost everyone has room for a hanging basket or two. You could grow everything you need for a salad [...]

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