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Herbs

How to Turn a Dingy Old BBQ into an Herb Container Garden

by Fern on August 13, 2010

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Awhile back I heard about repurposing a mini-BBQ into an herb planter. I loved it, knew I wanted to try it myself, and immediately set about trying to track down a small grill on Craigslist. Buying anything on Craigslist is always an interesting experience, you get exposed to such a bizarre element of society. But that will have to be a post for another day…

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Container Gardening Grab Bag 7/2

by Fern on July 2, 2010

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Container Gardening Blog Posts

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So…You Waited Until June 22 to Think About Your Edible Container Garden?!

June 22, 2010
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Raise your hand if you’d really like to grow a tomato or eggplant or some basil, but you just sort of kind of got around to thinking about maybe growing something. Yeah, I thought there’d be a few of you out there. Well, I’m here to tell you you’re screwed. You waited too long and [...]

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Don’t Forget to Snap Photos of Your Herb Garden!

May 14, 2010
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If you’d like to win the handpainted herb pots and wire caddy pictured above, you need to take a photo of your herb garden and add it to the LOTB Facebook fan page (if you’re not a fan already, you need to “like” the page before Facebook will allow you to add a photo). More [...]

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CONTEST: Win Stylish Herb Pots!

May 11, 2010
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A very generous Life on the Balcony benefactor has donated beautiful clay pots hand painted with images of oregano, basil, and parsley for this contest prize. The pots come with a bronze-finished wire caddy. I have to tell you, they are sitting in their box downstairs, and it was very hard for me to part [...]

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Not Your Grandma’s Basil

April 20, 2010
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Everyone knows the usual suspects when it comes to basil. Who hasn’t grown–or at least tasted–the large leaf, sweet, Italian types? Basil being such an awesome herb to grow in a pot,  I’m sure most LOTB readers have tried it. But there are more interesting basils to try, and some of them are particularly good [...]

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Herbs to Grow for Ethnic Cuisines

March 30, 2010
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Raise your hand if you have done this at a garden center: Strolled over to the herb section (after eyeing half a dozen flowers and a new variety of tomato that you want) and randomly picked up herbs because they looked good, or because they seemed “like a good plant to have in an herb [...]

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3 Great Ways to Increase the Amount of Vegetables You Can Grow on a Balcony

March 18, 2010
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I have to forewarn you, these ideas are not pretty. If you read high-end gardening magazines and fantasize about having an award winning garden designer create a garden on your deck, then just skip this post. But if your number one goal is to grow as many fruits, vegetables, and herbs as possible, then read [...]

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You Might As Well Grow Your Own Drugs

March 17, 2010
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Not those kind of drugs. Think natural remedies for everything from indigestion to acne. At least that was what James Wong was thinking about when he wrote Grow Your Own Drugs: Easy Recipes for Natural Remedies and Beauty Fixes. Wong is a (cute, young) ethnobotanist who stars in a BBC television show by the same [...]

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Three Things You Should Know About Growing Lavender

March 4, 2010
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The votes are in, and it looks like I’ll be growing tomatoes and lavender in my Smart Pot comparison test. Many thanks to everyone who voted. I’ll be planting the Smart Pots in the next week or so, but in the meantime I’ve been rereading The Bountiful Container chapters on each plant–it’s my go-to guide [...]

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Creating a Cocktail Garden on Your Balcony

March 2, 2010
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I had planned a post for today about ironic animal statuary. Alas, that post will have to wait for another day. Yesterday I saw a great idea for a garden mentioned on Twitter, and I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share it. @FromFarmToTable tweeted that she’s reinstating cocktail hour come spring and invited [...]

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Are You a Total Veg Head, Flowers-Only, Or Somewhere In Between?

January 21, 2010
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I don’t know about you guys, but I have been giddily flipping through all of the seed catalogs I’ve received of late. It’s always hard for me to decide how many flowering and foliage plants to pot up versus how many vegetables, fruits and herbs. That’s part of the reason why I like edibles that [...]

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