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Container Gardening Grab Bag 04/16

by Fern on April 16, 2010

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This week’s grab bag is pretty eclectic, which is how I like it! We’ve got everything from a book giveaway, to photos of LOTB readers’ metal animal sculptures, to a garden gnome census. Oh, and be sure to check out my guest post on goodLife {eats}. It’s an overview of edible container gardening.

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 04/09

by Fern on April 9, 2010

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Last week’s grab bag was well received, so I decided to make it an ongoing series. This week’s post includes everything from bad garden humor to succulent container garden photos to one of the hottest topics in gardening this week: window farming.

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Friday Afternoon Grab Bag

April 2, 2010
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I’m trying something new in an effort to share some of the cool things I come across as well as lighten the load for me (writing 5 full-length posts a week for nearly 2 years is starting to take it’s toll). Basically, on Fridays I’m going to be sharing some links and quick ideas for you [...]

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A Great Blog You Should Read: J Peterson Garden Design

November 12, 2009

I’ve recently discovered a newish blog that I wanted to bring to LOTB readers’ attention: J Peterson Garden Design. Jenny is a professional garden designer who works in the Austin, Texas area. I originally discovered her blog through Twitter (@MulchMaven), and have really enjoyed reading her thoughtful and interesting posts on her blog. Recently she [...]

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Ahhh! Independence Day is Tomorrow, I’ve Invited 20 People Over, and My Place Looks Horrible!

July 3, 2009

If the title of this post describes how you feel right now, take a deep breath and sit down for a second. Hopefully you’ve got today off, but even if you don’t, the collection of 4th of July decorating ideas below are easy enough to accomplish before your party starts. I’m tempted to make these [...]

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Lots of Container Gardening Tips and Ideas Mentioned in Dead Tree Media

June 28, 2009

8 Tips for Growing an Herb Garden Plant a Window Box to Improve Your View Aluminum Cachepots are Lightweight Alternatives Getting Creative With Containers Give Your Container Plants Some Love–But Not Too Much

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Great Weekend Reading

June 5, 2009

I’m headed out the door for a weekend cruise with my family. I’m super excited to spend a lot of time with my brothers, one lives in Philadelphia, and the other just finished his first year of college in Vermont. I’ll be back on Monday and will have a new post up then. I hope [...]

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Great Blog Posts For Some Lazy Sunday Reading

May 17, 2009

The herb garden totally threw off everything in my life. The phone call letting me know when they wanted it planted went something like this… 911? Can I speak to a gardener please? EMERGENCY, EMERGENCY, we need an herb garden tomorrow!! Okay, maybe they gave me two days. I stopped everything, completely moved my schedule [...]

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Review of California Container Gardening

May 11, 2009

I am really excited to share a book I have been using with my fellow Californian container gardeners. Container Gardening for California by Jennifer Beaver and Don Williamson is a great pocket reference for plants that will do well in California and are particularly well-suited to container gardening. The book is 224 pages long and [...]

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Good Weekend Reading for Container Gardeners

May 1, 2009

Miriam’s experiment allowing the rose ‘Graham Thomas’ to overwinter in a pot without any special protection appears to have worked! Vanessa  talks about gardening by the moon and zodiac. Sue celebrates her blog’s 200th post with some great info on growing Swiss Chard in containers and some tasty recipes for eating it. Gen reprinted a [...]

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Six Plants You Can’t Live Without Roundup

April 21, 2009

Here are some of my favorite lists of plants posted yesterday and today as part of the “Six Plants You Can’t Live Without” meme. Green Acres – White Wisteria, Maidenhair Fern, Yarrow… Dirt du Jour – All of Cindy’s selections would work great in a container garden, except the Michelia figo. I’ve never grown it [...]

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Great Gardening Links for Early Spring

April 17, 2009

Here are some of the posts I really enjoyed reading recently: Drink Your Beets: Check out Adriana’s funky video for a great way to fit some healthy goodness into your breakfast. As an added bonus, it comes with punk music! Hand Pruner Showdown: Genevieve has a readable yet informative post on pruners and which one [...]

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