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Is Container Gardening Right for You?
Container gardening has become an American hobby, a passion for some. Even if you have space for full-size gardening, containers can be used in different rooms to add color, control weeds, and reduce the time it takes to maintain a larger garden. Maybe you want to start with something simple and useful. A herb garden is ideal. Sometimes called “kitchen gardens,” a good explanation is that they are things you bring into the kitchen – herbs, vegetables, fruits and berries, and even the cut flowers for your table. Start with herbs...
Is Container Gardening Right for You?
Container gardening has become an American hobby, a passion for some. Even if you have space for full-size gardening, containers can be used in different rooms to add color, control weeds, and reduce the time it takes to maintain a larger garden.
Maybe you want to start with something simple and useful. A herb garden is ideal. Sometimes called “kitchen gardens,” a good explanation is that they are things you bring into the kitchen – herbs, vegetables, fruits and berries, and even the cut flowers for your table.
Start with herbs like basil, chives, cilantro, dill, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and thyme. You can often find these plants in the produce section of your local grocery store. They are usually ready to harvest when you purchase them. Repot them into containers, trimming the leaves as needed, but never trimming more than a third of the foliage at a time. Many herbs are perennials and can be overwintered by placing the container in your kitchen, garage, or basement.
For a salad, choose arugula, endive, leaf lettuce and mustard. How nice it is to go outside or on your patio or balcony and have your salad greens for your dinner. Fresh and fragrant.
Plant a tomato, a cucumber, and some parsley or chives in a large (24-30″) container. They grow well together and have the same water and sun requirements. You will harvest them until fall.
Flowering plants that grow well in containers include petunias, geraniums, and impatiens. Pansies make excellent spring container gardening projects. Combine colors from opposite ends of the color wheel spectrum for maximum impact:
For fresh fruit, try strawberries. They are easy to grow in containers. Plant them in barrels, containers, hanging baskets or strawberry jars. Plant them in early spring and place them in a location where they will receive at least 6 hours of sun each day. When the season is over, don't throw them away. They can be overwintered with straw or put the container in your garage or basement. Next year the plants will be bigger and better.