Best Container Gardening

For the best results, containerize your blueberry plants. We show you the proven way to do it.

This week we’ve planted a second container of carrots and our flowers and dill are finally coming up, despite the efforts of the birds to steal all of our coconut matting. We also check out the unidentified seedlings growing in our containers. This isour second year attempting to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs in containers on our patio in the city. Each week we update with what’s new, good or bad, in our patio garden. This year we are growing: Basil Cherry Tomatoes Cilantro Dill Green Onions Eggplants Habanero Peppers Jalapeno Peppers Oregano Lettuce Spinach Strawberries and a random heirloom tomato plant given to us as a gift Theme music by DoKashiteru – bit.ly

The use of risers to enhance food production in container gardening is a real success story in The Philippines. Jojo ROM, Buklod Tao and others showed that this method belongs to the best practices to combat hunger and malnutrition. This video should convince people in most of the developing countries and in the refugee camps to follow this beautiful example. With a remarkable minimum of irrigation water, a maximum of fresh food can be produced. Congratulations to all my Filippino friends who contribute to the promotion of container gardening.

This week Tiffany films the video on her own. We check out how our carrots are looking and how great our carrots are thriving in the unseasonably warm early fall weather. This isour second year attempting to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs in containers on our patio in the city. Each week we update with what’s new, good or bad, in our patio garden. This year we are growing: Basil Cherry Tomatoes Cilantro Dill Green Onions Eggplants Habanero Peppers Jalapeno Peppers Oregano Lettuce Spinach Strawberries and a random heirloom tomato plant given to us as a gift Theme music by DoKashiteru – bit.ly

Tools Drill with 2 bits. About 3/16″ and 1/8″ Razor Materials 2 liter soda bottle with the cap and label peeled off Sheet of black and white newspaper Old white t-shirt cut into three strands that are about 15″ and a knot tied about 2″ from the bottom. You could also use cotton string Instructions On How To Make Using 2 Liter Soda Bottle Use your 3/16″ drill bit to drill a hole in the center of the bottle cap. Use your 1/8″ drill bit to drill 6-8 holes around the larger hole. Feed the cotton shirt/string through the larger hole in the bottle cap. The knot should rest on the inside of the cap with the longer part coming out of the top of the cap. Use your razor (and scissors if necessary) to cut the soda bottle. You’ll want to cut it a little less than half way from the top. Take the sheet of newspaper and line the inside top half of the soda bottle. This is protect the soil and roots from the sun. Using your finger poke a hole through the newspaper around the cap. This will serve as the entry way for the wick. Feed the wick through the hole and twist on the cap of the soda bottle. While holding the three strands of the wick, begin to add your soil. After about 2-3 inches have been laid down, coil up a wick around the soil and cover up with another 2-3 inches. Repeat until the soda bottle is filled. This will help to evenly distribute the moisture. Cut off the excess newspaper. Put the planting half into the lower half and pour water onto the soil. Allow it to drain for …

Mary speaks with Matt Ross from the Toledo Botanical Gardens about interesting plant choices for containers for the 2010 season.

This week we update on our carrots, which were mostly eaten by birds previously and are now protected by our DIY carrot cages. This is our second year attempting to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs in containers on our patio in the city. Each week we update with what’s new, good or bad, in our patio garden. This year we are growing: Basil Cherry Tomatoes Cilantro Dill Green Onions Eggplants Habanero Peppers Jalapeno Peppers Oregano Lettuce Spinach Strawberries and a random heirloom tomato plant given to us as a gift Theme music by DoKashiteru – bit.ly

Gardening in small spaces or on challenging sites can be made easier through the use of raised beds and containers.

Hi ALL, today I thought I would show you how I put some of my seedling into some of my waste containers to try and help reduce them going to landfill sites in the UK , and done in the simplest way I know, and at the cheapest price too. To find out more please visit my website www.recycling.moonfruit.com Thank you John JRP (recycling)