Container Gardening For Small Spaces by Keith Markensen

Even if you live in a home with no yard or in an apartment, you can still have room for gardening. All you need is a deck, patio, balcony, patio or sunny window to plant your own container garden. You will be able to bring some plant life into your home, while being able to eat from your very own garden as well. The following information will help you to understand how container gardening works.

Container gardening brings gardening to more people than just the landowners, as was common in the past. You can have a beautiful landscape without having to mow a lawn. The container can grow perennials, annuals, vegetables, small shrubs and small trees.

Just like traditional gardening, you must plan before beginning your garden. First, you will have to find your USDA zone in order to know what type of plants you will be able to grow. You will also need to know how much daylight your apartment receives. With this information, you can choose the types of plants that you wish to grow.

One helpful hint is to buy the plants from a local nursery. It is much easier to do this than to start from seedlings, which require very specific conditions to grow properly. The plants that will be in your containers will be fragile, so they should not be kept outdoors in temperatures below 45 degrees F or in high winds. Frost will quickly kill the plants.

The though that plants that typically grow in the ground won't grow in container gardens is false. Any plants can potentially grow in containers, as long as the container has proper holes for drainage.

It is not expensive to begin container gardening. Containers can be very cheap, and the plants are not expensive either. Also, they require little fertilizer and water.

Many types of vegetables thrive on growing in pots. They only require sunlight and water for you to have fresh vegetables to eat. It is fulfilling to feed yourself and your friends with food from your own garden.

If you do not have a balcony or a deck, don't worry. Window boxes work very well for container gardening. You can grow plants all year long in your window, as long as it receives ample sunlight and is insulated decently well.

If summer is over and fall is beginning, you do not have to stop container gardening. You will just have to choose plants that are resistant to frost. Some examples of these are Eulalia grasses, Mexican feather grass, Cornflowers, Lavender cottons, Jasmine, Million bells, Stonecrops, and more. You can add color, life, and provide food all year long easily by having a simple container garden.

About the Author

Join professional landscaper Keith Markensen as he looks at new lightweight decorative containers. Stay up to date on the world of landscaping, lawns and indoor plants at www.Plant-Care.com where Keith regularly offers his advice gained from years of on the job experience.

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