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A Little Of This, A Little Of That 8/29

by Fern on August 29, 2010

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Creative Container Garden Ideas:

  • Chalkboard Pots – I especially love the pot with the scalloped chalkboard. Super cute ideas from We Heart This.
  • Tomatoes in Containers – Kerry shares a video she made about growing tomatoes in containers.
  • Braided Avocado Trees – Sue shares her idea for creating an avocado tree with a braided trunk. I don’t recommend growing avocados from seed if you want fruit (could take decades, and the fruit may not taste like that of the parent tree), but if you’re looking for a fun, cheap project, with what will surely be beautiful results, why not?!
  • Five Ways to a Beautiful Balcony – Great collection of photos and advice

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A Little of This, A Little of That 8/22

by Fern on August 22, 2010

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Great Container Gardening Info & Ideas:

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My Fall Garden Has Sprouted. What Are You Growing?

August 11, 2010
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A Little of This, A Little of That – 8/8

August 8, 2010
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Container Gardening in the Blogosphere Build a Container Water Garden to Cure Your Pond Cravings – Who says you need a yard to have fish in your garden?! Review of Earth Box – Kerry really loves her Earth Boxes! Zucchini Pickles – I love how adventurous people are with pickling. If you’ve ever grown zucchini [...]

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Review of ‘Juicy Tasty Tomatoes’ by Annette Welsford & Lucia Grimmer

August 6, 2010
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I recently received a review copy of a book called Juicy Tasty Tomatoes by Annette Welsford & Lucia Grimmer that contains a lot of very useful information from experienced tomato growing experts. Unfortunately, while I think the book itself is a good comprehensive tomato growing guide, I don’t think the $45.95 price is justified, and [...]

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Ark of Taste + Container Friendly Plants = One Handy List!

August 2, 2010
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Recently I discovered Slow Food USA’s “Ark of Taste” list. Like many wonderful things on the internet, I got there through a rather circuitous route. Adriana tweeted a Sunset Magazine article about a chef growing his produce in old bourbon barrels. Always on the lookout for interesting container gardening stories, I had to read that. That article [...]

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 8/1

August 1, 2010
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Jim McCausland over at Sunset Magazine’s Fresh Dirt blog has discovered that Asiatic lillies grow great in containers without any special treatment. Mike has been brewing manure tea. I know it sounds weird, but your plants will love it, I promise. Check out these unusual–I’m not sure what to call them?–plant orbs featured on Planet [...]

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Five Fall Vegetables Worth Trying in Your Balcony Garden

July 27, 2010
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Gardening is both very “here and now” and also forward focused. Yes, most flowers are fleeting and must be enjoyed in the moment. But at the same time, if you want vegetables in the fall, you have to start planting in summer. Here are five vegetables that you may not have tried growing before. And [...]

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How to Grow Currants and Gooseberries in Your Container Garden

July 19, 2010
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One of the most fun things for me is to grow things on my balcony that people wouldn’t believe possible to grow in such a limited space with no “real” dirt. It’s not nearly as difficult as people think, though I have a full sun balcony. What if you dream of canning your own home [...]

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Two Must Have Books for Southern California Gardeners

July 12, 2010
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I recently purchased Pat Welsh’s Southern California Organic Gardening and Sunset Western Garden Book of Edibles and can’t believe it took me so long to add these books to my library! I first heard of Pat Welsh’s book when she was the keynote speaker at my Master Gardener graduation. She came across as warm and [...]

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 7/9

July 9, 2010
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If you’re in Southern California, I hope you’ll join in a meetup group Adriana of Anarchy in the Garden and I have created. Eat Me is a group for Southern Californians who want to meet other gardeners who like growing their own food. It should be a lot of fun to meet in person and [...]

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 6/25

June 25, 2010
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Interested in growing things upside down? Mr. Brown Thumb has got a homemade, upcycled version for you to check out. Who knows what goes on in your garden when you’re not there? Well, Gayla of You Grow Girl does! Check out her time lapse video of her garden. Grow what you can, where you can. [...]

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