Plants and flowers look magnificent in the Sun. The light on their foliage and beautiful petals just makes them shine like stars in the sky. Attractive pots and decorative containers and lots of sunlight on terraces and patios with healthy plants can turn even a small balcony into a small …
You may have heard that carrots can be finicky to grow, but growing them in pots gives you an added advantage by allowing you to create the perfect, micromanaged conditions for them to thrive. As long as you have a deep enough container with lots of good soil and a …
Although typically associated with the outdoors and large orchards, anyone can (and should!) enjoy the benefits of homegrown, fresh fruits by growing dwarf varieties of fruit trees in pots or containers. While most full-sized fruit tree varieties will be challenging to grow in pots, but you can often grow dwarf …
Even if you don’t have a large garden space, you can still learn how to grow okra in containers. Okra grows well in pots because the plants don’t take up a lot of space, and you can enjoy homegrown okra! Many people assume that they cannot grow okra because they …
Hops are best known for being an essential ingredient in brewing beer, but did you know that it has also been used in traditional medicine for hundreds of years to treat anxiety and sleep disorders? Hops grow as a perennial vine and appeal to herbalists, home brew-masters, and gardeners alike …
You don’t need to have an entire garden bed dedicated to garlic to have homegrown garlic bulbs each year. All you have to do is learn how to grow garlic in a container; the effort is worth the rewards. While many plants grow easily in a container, growing garlic can …
Rosemary is one of the most popular savory kitchen herbs grown for their flavor and attractive leaves. Adding rosemary to chicken or even garlic bread adds a delicious flavor unmatched by other culinary herbs. It’s no wonder that everyone wants to grow rosemary at home – since it’s expensive in …
Radishes are underrated; they need to reclaim their place in the vegetable garden. Not many vegetables can be harvested in under four weeks, but some radish cultivars reach harvest size 23 days after planting seeds. If you don’t have garden beds, you can try growing radishes in pots; they aren’t …
Whether your garden is a large country plot or a group of containers on a city balcony, plant easy-to-grow flowers that looks lovely to your fall container display. The “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” fall, or autumn, can also be a time of brightly colored blooms, even if you do not …
Try one of these recommended shade-loving plants for your container gardening where you have partial to full sun like porches and under trees. That container or pot in a shady corner on your terrace or under a pergola can be a little problem to fill with flowers… Most plants bloom …
