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Green Gardening Tips - Top 10 Summer Fruit & Vegetables For Container Gardening


Green Gardening Tips - Top 10 Summer Fruit & Vegetables For Container Gardening

Green gardening is a very rewarding activity. Those lucky enough to have a large garden can really develop their green gardening skills with big compost heaps, crop rotation, water butts & 'grey water' irrigation systems. Fortunately, green gardening is also possible for those with small gardens or even no garden. The answer is to grow green using containers.
The good news is that there are many types of fruit and vegetables which can be grown successfully in containers. These range from salad leaves to miniature fruit trees. Using containers you can even 'choose' your soil type by buying compost that is suitable for the plants you wish to grow, rather than putting up with your garden's natural range. o water your containers every day (& possibly twice a day in hot weather) 
o use a natural, organic plant food to help your plants keep producing all season
This is vital for producing strong, disease resistant plants.
This allows water to be directed deeper into the compost & nearer to the roots of the plants. Don't forget, even if you don't have room for a water butt, you can still use 'grey' water from your washing up bowl or bath to water your plants.

Random Acts of Planting - Day One at the Gardening Centre

Random Acts of Planting - Day One at the Gardening Centre

I don't mean the hormonal one - I mean the passionate interest in gardening that wells up in a woman when she hits the big 5-0 or so.
I needed some hand-holding so I asked a popular garden centre - Holla's in Blezzard Valley - if I could volunteer there one day a week. "Sure, no problem," was Carole's response.
I arrived decked out in what I thought was gardening gear - bug jacket and hat, plaid shirt, light coloured paints, running shoes that were practically steel-toed, bug dope, and sunscreen. This accounts for why, last year, the sunflowers planted at the side of our home never showed up, and my begonias be-goned when I planted them in the full sun.
And I also learned the joy of hanging baskets. Carole picked me out a mini Garden of Eden in a 10 inch basket.