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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Sunday, February 22, 2009. The Care and Feeding of New Plants. Leave your plants alone. Water them once a day, talk to them if you're so inclined, and try not to get out the ruler to see how much they've grown today. If you're really itching to get it on in the garden- and with the weather so perfect right now, how can you resist? I recommend the following useful distractions:. Decorate your garden area. Buy or b...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Before you begin, it's helpful to stick the plants (still in their pots) into your final containers and move everything all around. Do you have beans that will need a tall support? Twining squash vines that might look good in a high place? Chives that need to be kept cool? Once you have your plants laid out the way you'll want them to be, it's time to dig in. May 1, 2008 at 3:18 PM. A Potted W...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Friday, February 15, 2008. THE FIRST DAY of Spring has sprung here in Zone 8, and it's time to take one bare, blank patio of twenty square feet and turn it into something special. The first task of any downsized gardener is to assess the damage- er, I mean assets, of course. How much rain or gutter runoff each area is exposed to (I taped construction paper onto each railing during a thunderstorm to see how wet it got...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Tuesday, January 15, 2008. I WOKE UP this morning and found myself standing at the front window, coffee in hand. The view falls on my tiny front porch which was, on this particular morning, covered with snow. By Englishman, downsizer, and all-around good guy Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, I'm going to (as he would say) give it a go. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Cornell University: Vegetable Varieties.
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Friday, March 20, 2009. Bonus Blog: (Financial) Victory Garden. DEBATE EXISTS OVER the correct classification of raised garden beds. Raised beds can either be placed over existing soil (grass or tilled), or- with a little extra care and black plastic- over a concrete or brick patio. So do raised beds qualify as container gardens? Let's find out. Although I based my calculations on the Tomato Financial Index (TFI)...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Friday, March 20, 2009. Bonus Blog: (Financial) Victory Garden. DEBATE EXISTS OVER the correct classification of raised garden beds. Raised beds can either be placed over existing soil (grass or tilled), or- with a little extra care and black plastic- over a concrete or brick patio. So do raised beds qualify as container gardens? Let's find out. Although I based my calculations on the Tomato Financial Index (TFI)...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Before you begin, it's helpful to stick the plants (still in their pots) into your final containers and move everything all around. Do you have beans that will need a tall support? Twining squash vines that might look good in a high place? Chives that need to be kept cool? Once you have your plants laid out the way you'll want them to be, it's time to dig in. Links to this post. DIY Network Co...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Saturday, March 15, 2008. To grow that extra hand, of course). You have a number of options where containers are concerned. As usual, your main concern will probably be maximizing your sun and space. FREE-STANDING CONTAINERS: Free-standing containers is what pops into my mind, at least, when I hear the words 'container garden', even though I don't use any of them myself! It's life on the edge! Examples of each would ...
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Twenty Square Feet: Life As A Container Gardener
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Life as a Container Gardener. A crash course on gardening in a ridiculously small space. Sunday, March 30, 2008. THE BEST PART about growing your own container garden is getting to choose what types of plants you'll be growing. Given a large enough container you can grow anything- even trees- so let yourself be guided by the size of your containers, the daily dose of sun your plot gets, and your own imagination. Most of all, grow what you. Plant Name (Recommended Varieties),. Rosemary (Any Variety),.