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• Tomatoes and Basil Love Strawberry Jars

  My old blue strawberry jar officially gave up the ghost last year. Now I am going to buy a new one and I know exactly what I will plant in it come spring. A healthy cherry tomato plant will go into the wide mouth at the top and six different kinds of... Posted Dec 29 2008, 04:31 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: basil, cherry tomatoes, container gardening, strawberry jars, tomatoes

• Vegetables

  The hottest trend in gardening right now is vegetable gardening, or, more properly, food gardening, since that term encompasses vegetables, fruits and herbs . Not since the days of the World War II "Victory Gardens" have so many people concerned... Posted Dec 04 2008, 08:31 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, food gardening, vegetable gardening

• Winter Containers

  Now that the houseplants are safely back inside and the bulbs are in the process of being installed, it's time to think about your containers. Like everything else, they need winter care. I love terra cotta and over the years I have collected some... Posted Oct 21 2008, 02:46 PM by Elisabeth with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: container care, container gardening, fall chores

• Grape Hyacinths

  When most of us think about spring-blooming bulbs, we focus on daffodils and tulips. Both are essential in spring, but there are so many of the so-called "little bulbs" that cost a pittance and add a new dimension to the spring garden. I am... Posted Oct 15 2008, 10:42 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, fall gardening, grape hyacinth, muscari, spring blooming bulbs

• Aster Admiration

  Those of us who love our gardens often spend lots of time thinking about color combinations, trying to solve the riddle of "what goes with what." Even if you find the answer, you still have to worry about whether your color coordinated blooms... Posted Sep 16 2008, 03:51 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: asters, container gardening, fall gardening

• Moss Rose

  At this time of year I am always trying to get the purslane out of my sidewalk cracks. Now its relative, portulaca or moss rose, is growing out of some of those same cracks and I couldn't be happier. Purslane is a creeping, succulent plant, with plump... Posted Aug 08 2008, 04:06 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, moss rose, portulaca

• Container Care

  Now that it's nearly mid summer, those of us who garden in containers may have noticed that our potted plants look a little care-worn. A few easy steps can fix this First, if you haven't mulched your pots with fine bark mulch, pebbles, beach glass... Posted Jul 18 2008, 08:33 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening

• Container Herbs

  On a recent trip to the garden center, I saw a variety of large pots planted with herbs. These assortments were billed as "Herb Garden in a Pot" or, more evocatively, "Veranda Herb Basket." Each one contained four or five common herbs... Posted Jun 22 2008, 08:41 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, herbs

• Making Pictures

  The great English garden designer Gertrude Jekyll was celebrated for her long, Impressionistic flower borders. These planting schemes were based on the color spectrum, with monochromatic plant masses flowing seamlessly into plant masses of the neighboring... Posted Apr 16 2008, 10:37 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening

• Pots and Perennials

  For years people have been filling pots with annuals. If I had a dollar for every lovely pot of red geraniums or purple petunias in my town, I would be a rich woman. There is absolutely nothing wrong with red geraniums, purple petunias or any other colorful... Posted Apr 01 2008, 08:35 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening

• Creative "Pots"

  One characteristic that most gardeners have in common is creativity. If we really want to do something--whether it's growing an exotic plant or finding a way to deter pests--we figure it out. It's part of the fun of gardening. Recently I have... Posted Feb 18 2008, 09:31 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, ecology

• In Praise of Nasturtium

  Whether your garden is a series of containers or a multi-acre spread, annual nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus) are a must-have. They are beautiful to look at, easy to care for, drought tolerant and even edible. What more could you ask? Most nasturtiums have... Posted Feb 13 2008, 10:29 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, nasturtiums

• What to Do With a Strawberry Jar

  For the last couple of weeks I have been trying to decide what kind of strawberries I want to grow in my garden this spring. After studying various types and varieties I have decided to put some June-bearing plants in my front beds and grow an everbearing... Posted Feb 12 2008, 10:48 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening, strawberry jars

• Pots and Plans

  If you read anything about gardening these days, you will read a lot about two topics--climate change (or global warming) and containers. Gardeners are better equipped to cope with climate change than almost anyone else, because most of us are very aware... Posted Feb 02 2008, 01:00 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: container gardening