If you would love to garden, but have no space, a garden may still be within your grasp. In the space that you do have available you can have a truly fantastic container garden. A container garden will not only bring you joy, but will supply your garden with a bountiful supply of fresh vegetables.
In prior times, gardening was a pastime that was a privilege of the landowner. In the present, even an apartment dweller can grow a beautiful garden without a great deal of fuss. These means to achieve a beautiful garden within a limited space can be fulfilled by container gardening. Container gardening simply means growing a garden in a container. In containers you can grow perennials, annuals, and even shrubs and trees. Most plants that are grown in the ground can be grown in containers.
Care of a Container Garden
Like their full sized counter parts, container gardens must receive both proper care and attention. Planting consists of choosing plant varieties that are correct for your planting zone, using a container of a suitable size and shape with adequate drainage holes, and using the best soil that you can obtain. You can still grow a garden even if you don’t have a balcony or a patio. Windowsill planter boxes can enable you to still enjoy fresh vegetables in a minimum of space and can add an attractive dimension to your living space.
It is always prudent to buy your plants from a local nursery, unless you have the means to start your own plants from seed indoors. Your new plants should not be kept outside in strong winds or in temperatures under 45 degrees. Plants should also be brought indoors overnight anytime there is threat of frost.
Plants Suitable for Containers
There are numerous vegetable varieties that are suitable as container plants. They will require little water and fertilizer. Provide plenty of sunshine and you will have the reward of plenty of fresh vegetables for salsa or salads.
Enjoyment and Rewards
You can continue to enjoy container gardening well into autumn by choosing plant varieties that are frost hardy. Another option is to replant after your first crop is harvested and choose vegetables that will withstand cooler conditions and lesser sunlight.
Container gardening can offer both substantial rewards in the form of pleasure and the yield from a successful harvest. You can achieve more satisfaction from sharing the bountiful harvest with family and close friends.
Melissa Slate - Melissa Slate has been a registered nurse for over 15 years. She has enjoyed many different functions in nursing, but her primary ...
