Category: DIY Gardening

For excellent reasons, potatoes were always a favorite of the family. Sunday meals, Monday Hash, and homemade Saturday night friends are all connected to them.

People grew in elevated beds for millennia. As the only plant beds in which the soil level of the walkways surrounding them is higher, it may be impossible to determine the benefits they give — except gardeners with poor back, that is, who do not have to stop to tend plants.

The magic of the plant pot is that it has a drainage hole in the bottom. This allows excess water in the soil to escape, preventing root rot and over watering. When planting potted plants in your garden, always make sure you place them higher than the surrounding dirt (unless you want to grow potatoes).

There is much talk about what soil conditioner your garden needs best: Sphagnum peat mouse or coconut coir? The debate is about sustainability. Another is efficiency. 

In ancient times, gardeners have been long known to grow trees in pots. It is a very delicate art, as it requires intensive cultivation and maintenance of the soil to provide the appropriate degree of acidity and humidity for the proper growth of plants. In addition, extreme care must be given to water management so...