The Birth of a Small Container Flower Garden

Written by Kathy Burns-Millyard


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I'm doingrepparttar garden entirely in container pots. Pots onrepparttar 113402 ground, pots on other pots, pots hanging fromrepparttar 113403 trees, pots onrepparttar 113404 roof ofrepparttar 113405 cellar entrance. This way I can controlrepparttar 113406 soil quality and keeprepparttar 113407 water ONrepparttar 113408 plants instead of soaking intorepparttar 113409 thirsty ground. This also will let me rotate plants as they come into bloom or fade, and most importantly, lets me move plants from one spot to another if my original idea didn't work.

So far I have bleeding hearts, hostas, lilies ofrepparttar 113410 valley, grape hyacinth and another bulb I can't remember. There's one pot of yellow tulips salvaged from an end-of-season sale that's doing remarkably well. Finally, there are three large pots of bush peas. Soon to come are some ferns and tuberous begonias. There's no furniture, but we have two cast iron hibachis, so we can cook and eat like John Coulter did when he came through here inrepparttar 113411 early 19th century - meat roasted overrepparttar 113412 fire and butt firmly onrepparttar 113413 ground.

Who was John Coulter, you ask? He was no gardener. He wasrepparttar 113414 young man who leftrepparttar 113415 Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery before they got back to St. Louis and walked back torepparttar 113416 Rocky Mountains to discover Yellowstone, via what was to become Cody, WY.

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Starting a Shade Garden

Written by Kathy Burns-Millyard


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When possible, do not disturbrepparttar roots ofrepparttar 113401 tree that will be in or aroundrepparttar 113402 garden area. Cutting or disturbingrepparttar 113403 roots of a tree can cause damage or death torepparttar 113404 tree over time. Working withrepparttar 113405 soil and addingrepparttar 113406 needed materials to make your garden about six inches deep is going to berepparttar 113407 ultimate situation for your new plants.

After planting your first shade plants inrepparttar 113408 garden continue to water them every few days untilrepparttar 113409 roots begin to 'take hold' and supportrepparttar 113410 plants. When placing your plants inrepparttar 113411 soil of your new garden, mulching aroundrepparttar 113412 plants will holdrepparttar 113413 water inrepparttar 113414 soil for your plants to thrive best.

This article is provided courtesy of The Garden Source Network - http://www.garden-source.com - a large gardening network devoted to helping you find allrepparttar 113415 gardening materials you need, such as Seeds, Live Plants, Roses, Trees and Beautiful decor. This article may be distributed and published on any website, as long as this statement and URL remain intact, andrepparttar 113416 website address is linked properly.

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