Container Gardening

Container Gardening Ideas and Garden Containers

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on October 10th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
How to Plant Up Your Garden Containers Whatever type of garden container you choose, the methods of filling them will be much the same, although the type of compost may vary. But always play around with them for a while before you fill and plant them up, until you are sure that they are in the right place, as it is no fun humping any but the smallest ones when they Read more ...

Interesting Garden Landscape Ideas – Garden Ornaments and Garden Furniture

Posted in Container Gardening, Garden Landscapes, Gardening Ideas on October 10th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Garden Landscape Ideas 'Soft' (Plant) Garden Ornaments A friend of mine moved into a village house in Hampshire (a good 20 or so years ago now)  - the previous owner of the house had gardened there from the beginning of the last century. The garden is eccentric and magical. She must have been the salvager of all time. It is a coastal village, and lengths of rope Read more ...

Container Gardening Ideas – Window Planters – Colour Schemes

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes on October 6th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Creating Colour Schemes for Window Planters, and Garden Pots and Planters When walking along a short residential street, a square or a close, or even when looking up at a block of flats, it would be nice to see some overall colour scheme for their window planters, hanging flower baskets or other plantings. For individualists, however, there are plenty of ideas to Read more ...

Best Colour Schemes for Garden Pots and Planters

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on October 5th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Garden Pots and Planters To be a constant joy and interest, not all containers need bold or startling colour schemes that can be seen from far away down the road. Some of my nicest and most memorable effects have been quieter, more subtle, and the more 'secret' boxes seen only from close at hand in the garden can often be the best-loved. All-foliage containers, without Read more ...

Economic Gardening – Ideas for Saving Money

Posted in Container Gardening, Garden Landscapes, Gardening Ideas, New Gardens on October 4th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Economic Gardening Ideas With all the research and planning done for your new garden design, it is time to think of construction and to find the necessary materials. If you are gardening on a tight budget you may find that many of these may be already on site, but in disguise. The pile of builder's rubble by the back door can provide bricks for walls and hardcore Read more ...

Growing Peppers and Other Vegetables in Container Gardens

Posted in Container Gardening, Fruit & Veg, Gardening Ideas on October 4th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Try Growing Peppers The same plastic cultivation bags such as Grobags can also be used for growing peppers, aubergines, and courgettes. One business, a long time ago now admittedly, supplied schools in Southwark with miniature bags and this was so successful that the company also supplied residents in a block of flats in London's dockland with full-sized bags, plants Read more ...

Growing Lilies in Garden Pots and Planters

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Plants & Trees on October 3rd, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Growing Lilies in Garden Pots and Planters One of the most pleasing aspects of container pot gardening is that it allows us to grow many desirable things which might otherwise be denied us because of the nature of our garden soil. For instance, if the soil is not suitable for all the lovely range of lime-haters such as azaleas, camellias, rhododendrons, etc., our Read more ...

How to Grow Hanging Flower Baskets and Window Flower Boxes

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on October 2nd, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Container Gardening Ideas Window flower boxes, tubs, and similar gardening containers for planting should, if possible have a number of drainage holes in the bottom. Each hole is carefully covered with a piece of broken flower pot (crock) and then the whole of the base is covered with about an inch deep of small stones or crocks. Over this place a layer of turf, Read more ...

Hanging Flower Baskets and Container Gardening

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas, Hanging Baskets, Window Boxes on September 30th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Designs and Trends In Container Gardening Perhaps it was the last war, when every bit of land was needed for food production, which brought the small stirrings of a renewed interest in container gardening for flowers and ornamental plants. Most homes today, with their small gardens, or because they have no garden at all, possess at least one plant in a pot, and Read more ...

Gardening Pots, Garden Paths and Garden Water Features

Posted in Container Gardening, Gardening Ideas on September 29th, 2010 by Dave Pinkney – Be the first to comment
Give Your Garden a New Lease of Life - Whatever Its Size With: Colorful Garden Containers Aged stone or terracotta is all very shabby chic, but sometimes you want a pop of colour from your gardening pots or garden containers, not just the flowers inside them. Small, bright pots look great on a garden table; medium-sized ones will brighten a dark corner, planted Read more ...

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