I’d like to start a patio Garden, growing vegetables only, Bugs?
Question by Olive Crayon: I’d like to start a patio Garden, growing vegetables only, Bugs?
I am really icky toward creepy crawlers, how can i prevent seeing them before they start.
Or is this a part of gardening that I will have to overcome
Best answer:
Answer by saaanen
Yup.
Creepy crawlers won’t be a huge problem. Those flyers will lay the eggs that turn into creepy crawlers.
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Old hands and new faces at village show
Old hands and new faces at village show
OLD hands, new faces and a pretty big puppy made the best of the Northumberland summertime at the weekend, when villagers at Whittingham staged their annual show.
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How to transplant plants from garden to pot?
Question by star b: How to transplant plants from garden to pot?
I would like to know if it is possible for my plants to survive a transplant from garden to pot. I am forced to downsize from house to apt and love my plants I had planted a few months ago and would like to take them with me. I have lavender and tomato plants. Is this possible? I’m new at gardening so all your help is appreciated.
Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by IMIchthus
What do you have to lose? Give it a try! Just get BIG pots and take as big a root ball as you can.
BTW, I do all my gardening in pots. We plant tomatoes and peppers, as well as herbs!
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Tinkering Through the Tulips: Container Gardening Can Beautify Any Space
Tinkering Through the Tulips: Container Gardening Can Beautify Any Space
When you think about gardens, what comes to mind? Lush, green lawns? Vibrant flowerbeds bursting with a kaleidoscope of color? Or maybe exotic plants for as far as the eye can see? Once upon a time, those things were some of the only characteristics of a garden. To have a garden, you had to have land to spare. But not anymore. These days, even if you live in an apartment you can have a garden. Container gardening lets you enjoy all the benefits without needing the space.
Whether you choose to grow flowers, herbs or vegetables, you can be successful at container gardening. If you follow these tips, you’ll be enjoying all the benefits of a garden in no time, no matter where you live.
Tip 1: Not just any container will do
Experienced green thumbs will tell you that a garden can be grown in any container. Although that may be technically true, some containers will offer more chances for success, particularly if your thumb is of another shade. Inexpensive plastic may be a natural go-to for those who don’t want to break the budget on their gardens, but those containers can deteriorate easily in the sun, and they are not built to last. However, if you are looking for something temporary and lightweight, this can be good option. Terracotta pots are more durable but will require you to water the plants in them more frequently, as terracotta dries out much more easily than other materials.
You may want to get creative and use something unconventional, like a teapot, to plant a small container garden. This is a great idea, as long as you remember to ensure it has a drainage hole in the bottom. If your chosen container doesn’t already have a hole in it, you can always drill one.
Tip 2: Cleanliness is next to godliness
Before you get up to your elbows in potting soil, it’s important to sterilize the container in which you will plant your garden. This is particularly important if you have purchased second-hand planting containers; the plants that grew there previously may have had a disease that can affect your plants, too. All you need is an environmentally sound, all-purpose cleaner; just rinse and pat dry before planting.
Tip 3: Plan, then plant
Much like traditional gardening, the placement of container gardens will depend on what you plant. Do your research! Some plants will require full sun, others partial shade, and still more might flourish in just about any conditions. The good news is this: unlike traditional gardening, if you find that your container garden isn’t flourishing in the chosen spot, you can pick it up and move it!
Knowing this ahead of time can do more than help you determine where you will place each container. You also can roadmap where you will place each plant within each container. For example, you wouldn’t want to plant tall-growing plants around the edge of a container with shorter ones in the middle. Similarly, plants that trail over the side of the container should be planted, obviously, on the perimeter of the container.
Tip 4: When in doubt, fertilize!
Plants love to be healthy. If you want to get full and beautiful flowers out of your container garden, it’s imperative that you keep up the soil’s nutrient levels. To do that, you’ll need to fertilize – a lot. It wouldn’t hurt to fertilize every time you water. If you are growing vegetables, manure tea is an effective fertilizer, even though it doesn’t sound very appealing. Manure tea is essentially water extracted from manure, with soluble nutrients. It increases the organic content of the soil, which, in turn, improves drainage and helps the soil hold on to the nutrients.
Tip 5: You can lead a plant to water
Container plants need to be watered more often than a standard garden, particularly during extreme heat and dryness. Watering container plants is a daily affair. Keep adding water until you see some spill out through the drainage holes in the pot. Then stop! Go any further and you’ll be in soggy soil territory. If you aren’t the type to dedicate some time each day to watering, consider getting a self-watering device. These contraptions have a reservoir at the bottom that keeps your plants hydrated for a few days at a time.
Container gardening can afford you the chance to have a beautiful garden without a lot of space. And your thumb can be a little less than green. With a little bit of time and planning, container gardening could be just the form of expression your thumbs having been craving – no matter what color they may be.
James Mitchell has created several online resources dealing with Container Gardening and other related topics, as well as publishing articles on numerous subjects.
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Does anyone have instructions for making a faux-stone garden box/container? I think it used styrofoam?
Question by twee_grrrl: Does anyone have instructions for making a faux-stone garden box/container? I think it used styrofoam?
I saw this on a DIY gardening segment.. the guy took some styrofoam (?) blocks, carved them out and added paint.. at the end he had something that looked just like mossy aged stone! He used them to make a really beautiful container garden. Does anyone remember seeing this/can give me more information or a link? Thank you so much!
To anyone who was also curious, I found this link on another message board… This is what I was looking for! Thanks!
Best answer:
Answer by Steven W
Having been involved in theater for more than 45 years and having art as one of my passions, I’ve made faux “rocks” among other this as set pieces.
Certainly they are water resitant.
If you can’t get large blocks, you can glue multiples together then carve as you wish. The better part of this suggestion, will take some $ $ $ but well worth it.
Using cheese cloth cover the carved piece, then with a brush apply a product called “Foamcoat” It adds strength and a better surface for paint.
Once it has set, trim any excess or residue from around the base of the piece and pain to suit you, Model your paint job after some “real” rocks, for the best effort to attain realism.
Then after, place them wherever you want.
It might be fun to carry them around, especially if others can see you, and how STRONG you are…smiles.
Steven Wolf
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My son(5 years old)and I would love to start a home container tomato and cucumber garden.?
Question by mama: My son(5 years old)and I would love to start a home container tomato and cucumber garden.?
BUT we have No clue how to get it going?????
please answer if you really know how to get a container garden going from the very basics. Thank you for your time.
Also, we would like to use all organic materials.
Best answer:
Answer by robert C
good on you both, use a bag of potting mix , slit the middle and plant what ever plants you have,use stakes if you have to , min 6 hrs sun is needed, when finished you can use the mix by putting into pots for growing flowers, have fun , tou will learn from the experience.
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The Complete Practical Guide to Patio, Terrace, Backyard & Courtyard Gardening: How to plan, design and plant up garden courtyards, walled spaces, patios, terraces and enclosed backyards
The Complete Practical Guide to Patio, Terrace, Backyard & Courtyard Gardening: How to plan, design and plant up garden courtyards, walled spaces, patios, terraces and enclosed backyards
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No-brainer is too complicated for Macon City Council committee
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No-brainer is too complicated for Macon City Council committee
Once again, a few members on the Macon City Council’s Public Works and Engineering Committee, James Timley, Lonnie Miley and Rick Hutto have made themselves and the council look like idiots by voting 2-3 on an issue that should have been no-brainer. Councilmen Tom Ellington and Ed DeFore voted to approve the proposal. The question before them was simple: Should the city enter into a contract …
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Cool Vegetable Container Gardening images
Check out these vegetable container gardening images:
Sex in the Garden
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I turn my back for one week and all of a sudden my veggies are showing their exhibitionist selves. Flowers on full display, pollen in the air, bees hovering around… Seriously, they are completely out of control.
My squash-of-unknown-origin is a flagrant exibitionist, my tomato plant’s reproductive organs are showing for the first time, meanwhile my bell peppers are obliviously humming along with gorgeous deep-green leaves and no hint yet of their impending de-flowering (ahem – so to speak).
Sex in the Garden
Image by josiejose
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Sex in the Garden
Image by josiejose
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Tips for Veggie container gardens?
Question by versweet: Tips for Veggie container gardens?
I live in Virginia and have tried to have container gardens for three years now with no luck. At best I get a couple of items from the plants before they die if they fruit at all. I have a townhouse, so no real yard. My containers end up on my patio which faces Northwest and mostly gets afternoon/evening light. I’m beginning to wonder if I don’t just have a black thumb when it comes to plants (though, I do have a couple of very nice houseplants). I am trying to grow them from seedling, but I would like to know what might be good and any tips for helping them stay alive/fruit/etc. 
Best answer:
Answer by chuck s
the fact that you try to grow stuff, means you have a green thumb, try grow light for indoor stuff, unfortinatly we cant adjust the angle of the sun, i have the same prob , too much shade good luck o
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