Container Gardening: Difference between revisions
From WikiDemocracy
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 243: | Line 243: | ||
Kerry Michaels wrote about container gardening for The Spruce from 2008 to 2016. After a move from Manhattan to rural Maine in 2001, she discovered she wasn't that great at landscape gardening, but could grow almost anything in a container. | Kerry Michaels wrote about container gardening for The Spruce from 2008 to 2016. After a move from Manhattan to rural Maine in 2001, she discovered she wasn't that great at landscape gardening, but could grow almost anything in a container. | ||
She has both written about and photographed gardens for professional publications, including "Growing the Northeast Garden," and "A Gateless Garden: Quotes by Maine Women Writers," both in 2015. She was Garden Editor for the James Beard Award-winning magazine ChopChop. and was head writer and producer of a CD-Rom, Country Living Style. She has written about gardening for Discovery Channel, Small Gardens, A&E, Weekly Reader, Disney, and Sesame Workshop. | She has both written about and photographed gardens for professional publications, including "Growing the Northeast Garden," and "A Gateless Garden: Quotes by Maine Women Writers," both in 2015. She was Garden Editor for the James Beard Award-winning magazine ChopChop. and was head writer and producer of a CD-Rom, Country Living Style. She has written about gardening for Discovery Channel, Small Gardens, A&E, Weekly Reader, Disney, and Sesame Workshop. | ||
=====Want Better Fall Container Gardens? Experts Say These Fixes Can Make a Big Difference===== | |||
[https://www.thespruce.com/container-gardening-mistakes-to-avoid-11812413 by Sarah Lyon 23/09/25 the spruce] | |||
For starters, a key to successful container gardening is choosing the correct size of container for your plants. | |||
"Too small and your plants could get root-bound and stunted," says gardening expert Jane Dobbs. "On the other hand, too big a container can hold a lot of water, causing root rot." | |||
It is important that your container has drain holes, she adds, as proper drainage prevents root rot. Choosing the right material for your container is also important and will affect whether or not your plants thrive. | |||
