Container Garden ideas

Containers are becoming more popular because you can control the soil and watering.  The expert suggested that you always add a good amount of new potting soil.  it gets costly if you put in all new soil each year.  instead of putting rocks in the bottom to take up space, smash plastic water bottle, soda or milk containers to take up space and keep pot from being so heavy.  i wish I had know this last year as my Italian container garden pots were pretty heavy that day i was trying to save them from the hail storm.

The master gardener at Tagawa Gardens (such a COOL garden store) only dealt with flower containers.  the motto is Thrill-fill-spill:  Never had heard of this.  So you get one tall plant (like a spike) and that is the thrill.  then you fill in with petunias or whatever.  You add something to spill over the sides for the spill.  Yes, those do look nice.

Also a note about pansies.  They are really nice but they don't seem to last much past the Fourth of July.  I am trying a new thing this year:  putting pansies in a pot that I can keep in the shade of the deck or even in the house if it gets too hot.

I keep moving pots around.  in the sun, out of the sun, near the house, in the house.  But, you see, I like doing this.