Category Archives: Container Gardening

Container Gardening, Vertical Gardens

Video – DIY: How To Build The Best And Most Wonderful Gutter Garden

 

Here’s the easiest and most affordable way of building a wall garden

You may have always wanted to build your own vertical gutter garden. Whenever you see it in a video or photos, you just wish it was at your home.

Now you have the chance to actually do it entirely yourself. It takes just a little time to set things up, prepare a drill and pipes/drains, and lastly – just follow the instructions in the video.

It’s so easy you’ll wonder why you have never done it before. The instructions are easy and simple, that it will take just a little time. You will then enjoy your gutter garden for as long as you take proper care of your plants.

You can plant flowers, vegetables, and anything that doesn’t have a deep root system.

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Container Gardening, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) The Rota Garden: Grow Food On Less Than a Square Foot

 

As the name implies this garden rotates thus optimizing the entire surface

This short video shows a rotating garden which is clearly very simple. We’re sure you can make one yourself if you’re a DIY-lover. Of course, there are such products available on the market.

What’s great is how well this tiny garden uses all the available surface space in order to grow sprouts. You can make sprout salad, or if you want, you can use some of the sprouts to plant in your garden.

You have plenty of options with this rota garden. Whether you make one yourself, or you purchase it, you won’t be lacking fresh food. It’s also a great helper for your organic garden, especially if you use clean and fresh, but not tap water.

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Container Gardening, Herbs, Plant Care

Mistakes You Make With Your Kitchen Herbs

 

Here’s why your herbs may seem unhealthy and even die

It’s winter and it’s also the perfect time to keep herbs indoors. It’s true that the winter sun is lower and there’s less chance for long hours of daylight. But nonetheless, many people grow herbs during the cold months.

If you do too, you may have ended up with a few of them dead, or maybe pale-looking ones. Overall, you may have noticed that your herbs aren’t in their top condition all the time.

You may want to start picking the signals they give you, and learn to read them better.

Below you’ll see which are the common mistakes most people do when caring for a kitchen garden.

After all, caring for your plants isn’t only proper watering. There so many other things you need to consider if you want a happy kitchen herb garden.

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Container Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) How To Grow Goji Berries: All You Need To Know

 

Goji berry is a plant you can grow throughout warm and mild climates

Goji berry is a super healthy food and one of the fruits hailed as containing very high amounts of antioxidants.

They originate from China, but can be grown anywhere with mild to warm (even hot) climates, so almost all throughout US zones 3 to 10.

It’s drought tolerant, and it doesn’t need any special care than the usual. It needs pruning now and then. You can plant it directly with the original pot. You may want to restrict it growing deeper roots.

You will learn plenty of advice and information in the video that follows, so take notes and try this at home, whether you have a garden or not. Goji berry can be grown entirely in a pot.

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Container Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) Grow Garlic In Containers: It’s Super Easy And Quick

 

Skip planting garlic in the garden to avoid pests and illnesses – grow it in containers instead

Garlic is a slow growing plant, but can be planted super quickly. This is exactly why no gardener should miss the opportunity to grow his or her own garlic.

It turns out, growing garlic in containers is actually more beneficial for you and for the plant itself. The reason is that you make sure it’s out of pests’ reach, and it’s less prone to illnesses.

From the following video you’ll learn how to take care of it, and how to plant it correctly. Also, as the leaves start to grow, you’ll learn what to do with them, and also how to treat the plant once it starts to blossom. All of this, covered in just a few minutes.

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Container Gardening, Organic Gardening, Plant Care

(Video) Grow Ginger? It’s That Easy!

 

If you knew how easy it was, you would always keep a plant or two growing at home

We’re used to buy ginger at health stores, considering it an exotic and mystical plant that grows in the southern parts of Asia.

As a matter of fact, you can re-grow a ginger root (even if it’s dried) and grow an entire plant from it. You should either live in a southern state, or keep it at home providing it with lots of sunlight.

Other than that, your care for the ginger plant shouldn’t be much different from any other plant from your garden or home.

The video explains a lot about how to transplant it, how to make sure it gets its nutrition, and so on. It also reveals a few methods of starting your own ginger plant.

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Compost, Container Gardening, Plant Care

Video – DIY Biodegradable Pots

 

Ditch the heavy pots and reuse biodegradable material as plant pots

If you’re not only an organic gardener, but also a conscious environmentalist you probably also love everything that has a sustainable touch to it.

If the answer is yes, then you will totally love the ideas presented in the following video. You will learn three amazing, easy and yet entirely sustainable ways of reusing biodegradable matter.

You will use them to grow your seeds in, and then you can literally plant both the seedling and the pot in the soil.

We promise you – it will degrade over time and you will have reused material which otherwise may have find its way either in the trash or in your compost bin. Why not turn these into planting pots?

Well, watch the video to learn how and we’re sure you will love this so much that you will soon forget about the heavy ceramic or terracotta pots.

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Container Gardening, Organic Gardening

Do You Use Toxic Containers For Your Plants?

 

How to make sure toxins aren’t leaching into your edible plants

Growing plants in containers is quite a popular way to boost the capacity of your garden. And for people who don’t even have a garden, container plants is the only option.

But then a question arises. What chemicals leach into the soil and into your food that originate from the container they grow in?  It’s a legitimate question, especially if we consider that some containers are made of synthetic material, like plastics or foam.

As you read further you will learn which containers are the safest, how to avoid the more dangerous ones. You’ll also learn how to prolong the life of your containers (the healthy ones), so you don’t have to worry about toxic substances leaking into your food.

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Container Gardening, Organic Gardening

(Video) Grow Potatoes In Buckets

 

Take those potatoes you have at home, and learn how to use them and grow more

If you don’t have a large garden or you live in an apartment, but you still want to grow your own potatoes (we all love them!), you can!
In the following video you learn how to quickly grow many times more potatoes from those you already have (or bought).

There’s very little you need to do to prepare the potatoes. It isn’t time-consuming and it doesn’t require hard work. The tip in the video itself is shown over a time span of several minutes.

That’s all it takes to grow your own home potatoes and enjoy a bountiful harvest once the potatoes have grown.

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Container Gardening, Organic Gardening, Raised Vegetable Beds

Cold Frames: The Whys And Hows

 

All you need to know about cold frames

Cold frames are extremely beneficial for plants that can’t survive after frost or cold weather. Other autumn plants survive such conditions though. You need to be careful of your choice of plants for your cold frame.

In the following article you will dive deep into the world of growing flowers and vegetables way past frost. You will learn how to take care of them during cold weather. You need to also take good care of the soil, as cold air may be present in it, and this may be harmful for the plants.

Some plants need to be grown inside and replanted outside. Others can be planted directly in the cold frame, but they need to be vented often.

As you see, there is a huge amount of information that can be beneficial for your plants. Building and maintaining a cold frame can boost your overall yearly harvest, but it needs proper attention.

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