Small or no garden but still want to grow your own
fresh vegetables? Try a container garden
Growing vegetables in containers - a potted alternative
Container Gardening For Beginners
Many people love to garden, but quite simply don’t have the room, or they
want to bring a part of their garden indoors. Container gardening allows you to
grow your garden any place you have the room.
If you take a look at the pictures of my garden elsewhere on this site, you can
see that I’ve taken container gardening to something of an extreme - my
containers are about 8 feet long and allow me to have a pretty decent vegetable
garden. We did it this way because there was no easy way to plant a vegetable
garden in the home we are renting, but really wanted to show our children where
vegetables come from.
Most container gardens, however, are done in much smaller containers. The exact
size depends on the needs of the plant involved.
Many plants are small enough to do well in smaller containers, allowing you to
hang them or place them on your patio, or even indoors. They can be a part of
your home’s decor or a fun way to grow just a few vegetables.
The containers can be arranged to bring out the beauty of all the plants. Larger
plants can be behind smaller ones or you can use a tiered display to hold
similarly sized plants at different levels.
You don’t have to limit yourself to vegetables and herbs in your container
garden. The plants don’t even have to flower to look beautiful. Choose based on
where you want to grow them (indoor, outdoors, lots of sun or just a little),
how much care you are willing to take of them and what plants you just like to
look at. Done right these plants will be with you a very long time.
One of the nice things about growing plants indoors is that you don’t get very
many weeds at all. That saves quite a bit of maintenance.
Don’t choose your plants based on the pot they are in at the garden store. You
will want to repot them with a good potting soil when you get them home, and
that is the time to choose your pot. Many plants will come to you in a root
bound condition, so they will need a larger pot than the one you purchased them
in
About The Author
Stephanie Foster has
limited space for her garden but loves having
it anyway. Visit
www.gardenmedley.com/ for more gardening tips.
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