Spring may have technically sprung on March 20th, but I didn’t really start noticing it until this week. I ate my first home-grown strawberry! Man-o-man was it delicious too. And since I grew it myself, I know I didn’t ingest lots of chemicals, like I would have if I had eaten a commercially grown strawberry. YUM!
In order to get you in the gardening spirit of spring, I’m going to send one lucky person a copy of Garden Up! Smart Vertical Design for Small and Large Spaces…
Win a Copy of Garden Up!
I really loved my copy of Garden Up! I loved it so much I want to give a copy to one of you. So, if you live in the continental U.S. and you leave a comment on the post where I reviewed the book, you will be entered to win! Comments must be made before midnight Pacific Time on April 7, 2011. I will pick someone at random and announce the winner next Friday.
Clever e-Magazine
I was recently given a copy of the Molly Saves e-magazine put together by the woman behind Econobusters. I know a lot of you really love ideas for repurposing objects for garden use, and this issue is chock full of that sort of thing. I also loved the sugar scrub recipe that you can make with things you probably already have in your pantry. And of course, who doesn’t love info on how to save money? Molly Saves has got those ideas in spades. The only thing I wish the magazine did differently is change the format to landscape so that it is easier to read on my computer screen.
Bonus: Since the magazine is sent to subscribers in PDF form, it’s environmentally friendly and won’t clutter up your home with yet another magazine laying around. At only $4.95, this is a bargain you shouldn’t pass up.
Great Container Gardening Reads:
- Heavy Petal found these super cool balcony railing planters that double as a birdhouse! You gotta see it to believe it.
- Rain Forest Garden has a great collection of vertical gardening ideas. Many thanks for including my pallet garden!
- Were you able to make it out to the San Francisco Garden Show this year? Me neither. But Gen has a great collection of ideas for balcony gardeners that she found at the show.
- Love this idea for stacking pots one on top of another to create a tiered herb garden. I think I am going to try it sometime soon…
- Of course, there are also lots of great vertical gardening posts right here on LOTB.
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Fern, thanks for the mention! I love those planters that do double-duty that Andrea found, and I always love Steve’s ideas. The person who wins Garden Up! Is going to be very happy – I love my copy!
That strawberry looks like pure bliss!
I can’t wait for our strawberry plants to start producing fruit. I have to learn to plant vertically. This sounds like a great book.
I have the tiniest garden and I am working on gardening up as mush as I can!
The book looks great! And such great info on gardening.
Hi Fern! I remember when I was a teenager my Mom having this huge planter filled with strawberry plants. We would go outside with large plastic tupperware bowls and sit together and pick strawberries. We ended up with so many we ended up making her famous freezer strawberry jam and eating strawberry shortcake forever. So yummy! I just did a post on How to make your own Succulent Strawberry pot. Can you check it out for me and see what you think? I would appreciate your input. And that book sounds awesome. Hope I win! Hee hee!
I really want to start a garden on my TEENY tiny apartment balcony, and just recently heard of the idea of vertical gardening which is actually what led me to this site! I would LOVE to win!!
Hi, I just found your blog last week and love all the great ideas you pass along. I starting my first containment garden this spring and would love some additional pointers!