Container Garden Guide

It's Gwynne Curry here from ContainerGardenOnline.com. This week I have a question for you: "Want to save money on flowers?" Get more bang for your buck when planting flowers that live long and prosper, even in not-so-friendly conditions. Try daylilies, lilac, burning bush, roses and self-seeders like echinacea. They'll come back year after year with little effort on your part, even after drought. Plus, you can divide them easily, which helps give you more "bang for your buck!" GARDENING QUOTE OF THE ...

It's Gwynne Curry here from ContainerGardenOnline.com with your gardening tip of the week. Keeping the critters out of your garden spells the difference between a great harvest or no harvest! Ugh! There's nothing like waking up and finding your garden has been ravaged by nocturnal pests! Cats can be a pain--but if ...

It's Gwynne Curry here from ContainerGardenOnline.com. Hope you are having a great week! This week we're going to address the issue of taking care of your lawn so you can spend more time in the garden. Mowing the lawn week in and week can get old quicker than a squeaky door hinge. Have you ever thought of planting ground cover in those ...

It's Gwynne Curry here from ContainerGardenOnline.com with another weekly gardening tip. Hope you are having a great week and that you're having perfect gardening weather! Let's talk a little about making your harvest go the extra mile. Root cellaring isn't just for folks who have cellars! You can keep your harvest ...

It's Gwynne Curry here from ContainerGardenOnline.com with this week's gardening tip. I don't know about you, but I love the challenge of growing lots of veggies in a tiny plot! Ah, the fun of gardening in small spaces! Try trellising your plants with bamboo or a post frame (where you string twine between two posts). These veggies and fruits love "growing up": beans, tomatoes, blackberries, raspberries, cukes, and grapes. You'll end up with enough to can or share with a lot less ...

It's Gwynne Curry here from ContainerGardenOnline.com with another gardening suggestion. When you're looking through those gardening catalogs and making your list for the next season, think about moving outside the box and trying some unusual varieties of basic veggies. For instance, did you know you can find black and even purple carrots? Potatoes can be blue, purple, or pink as well as the yellow and red standbys. Tomatoes ...