Growing Flowers, Herbs and Vegetables in Containers

For the past several years, gardening surveys have turned up the fact that container gardening is growing in popularity.

I’m not at all surprised to hear that. Start with the Baby Boomers like me. We’re no longer youngsters, and getting on our knees to grub around in the dirt can lose its appeal. Arthritis, bad backs, and just plain fatigue can make full-scale gardening difficult.

The container garden provides other benefits over dirt gardening:

• It’s easy to plant. Pack dirt in a pot and add a plant. Since you mix your own soil (or buy it premixed), you don’t have to fight with heavy clay or soil that’s too sandy or too wet. If you buy plants in larger containers, you don’t even have to plant your flowers. Just arrange the pots wherever you want them.

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