I love a good garden shrub! Especially when they’re beautiful and can fit in a small container! These garden shrubs are easy to care for, and they’ll look great on a front porch! Let’s start container gardening with these gorgeous garden shrubs for pots. Garden Shrubs For Pots Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) A tropical, sun loving […]
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12 Plants You Can Indoor Garden This Winter
I love a good indoor garden! After all the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer and a whole heck of a lot colder! We are expecting our first snowfall in the Utah mountains later on this week, and I’ve got to start protecting my late harvest from the cold! After I reap […]
Tips and Tricks for Growing Fruit Trees in Containers
Fruit trees, while wonderful to have, are extremely difficult and time consuming to grow. If you don’t have the outdoor space to accommodate such greenery, but you are dreaming of home grown fruit, try growing fruit trees in containers! Fruit Trees In Containers Pots It is important to realize that any sort of container can […]
DIY Paint Can Containers That Are Popping With Color
Container gardening is one of my favorite hobbies. It’s so fun to put together a gorgeous arrangement and watch it grow throughout the season! But if there’s one thing that I dislike about container gardening, it’s the fact that planters and containers can be SERIOUSLY expensive. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on planters for […]
Best Full Sun Flowers For Containers
I love adding a bit of color to my gardens come the Fall. Usually, at this point, all of my Summer flowers and foliage have died out, so my garden needs a little extra love! If you, like me, are trying to add a bit of much-needed color to a late Summer or early fall […]
Perennials: Perfect For Porch Planters
I love working with perennial flowers throughout my garden because they’re easy to care for, and they keep coming back year after year. It’s like getting tons of plants for the price of one! While I utilize perennials wherever possible throughout my yard, I love planting them in my porch planters most. Here are my […]
Fall Container Gardens You Can’t Live Without
Container gardens aren’t just for spring! Fall container gardens are all the rage this season. Their gorgeous colors and textures will prove that this is a decor item that you cannot live without. Just because it’s November doesn’t mean it’s too late to start a few Fall container gardens, the colors are still just as […]
The Best Berries for Container Gardening
Container gardening is great for those of you with little space to work with. Given the right size pot and the right amount of sunlight, you can grow almost any fruit in a container! I’ve grown berries in containers for years, and these are my must-know container gardening tips! Strawberries Perfect for zones 3-11, […]
How to Grow Vegetables When Container Gardening
‘Tis the season for container gardening! What do you plan to grow and harvest in containers this winter? I don’t know about you, but I plan on trying my hand at root vegetables this winter. With an adequately sized container, you’ll have homegrown carrots, potatoes, and other root vegetables fresh in the middle of winter! […]
Plants Perfect for Container Gardening
Now that it’s beginning to get colder in my neck of the woods (I know, it’s only September, but the mountains in Utah can get to be super chilly!) I’m starting to turn my thoughts towards winter gardening. I haven’t even harvested all of my summer crops from the garden outside, but I am eagerly […]