Easy growing

The easiest way to start a garden without all the fuss of seeds, separating, finding the right climate and acclimating the plant is to go to your local hardware store or nursery and purchase the grown plants in pots. They vary in size and heights as well as varieties, all depending on when you pick them out. In the early Spring, usually, the nurseries will have "just sprouted" seedlings to more fully grown ones, that may already be budding or have tiny fruits or vegetables sprouting out.

Begin with your comfort level. If you feel that you may be a little clumsy with such delicate small plants, start with a hardier specimen that's a little larger and looks like it can take a few accidental whacks! Take it home, give it some water, and let it sit outdoors, unless there is a possibility that the weather might just frost over.

You can leave it at that if the pot is big enough, but if that plant looks like it may be growing, or its pot just isn't decorative enough transfer it. Give it plenty of water and talk to it! Wouldn't you like to be soothed if you were just wrenched out of a nice, warm bed, and shoved in some unknown place in something slightly cold and not as comfortable? I would.

Try it, it's easy. Soon you'll have herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables galore. You'll also find that you're getting to be more comfortable planting and gardening.

Begin At The Beginning

There are many advantage to having a container garden. One is that you can have beautiful flowers and delicious plants all year round. You can also have one without having a large garden or even a large space. Container gardens have less chance of having pests ruin your work and can add beauty to a space.

This blog is about the different types of containers, soils and composts, fixes and tips, types of plants that you can grow and any other questions that come up.

At this point I am just a beginner. I have always had houseplants and have slowly branched out with small planters of herbs and I have a few strawberry plants. I want to slowly chronicle my adventures in container gardening to help others out there and to get help from others as well. I have had gardens before and have grown vegetables and fruits but since I've moved to an apartment my balcony can only hold containers. I'll try my luck with plants here...