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Self Watering Containers

Best Culinary Herbs to Grow in Your Shade Container Garden

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Mint is an herb that will thrive in the shade. Learn which others will as well.

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Best Container Vegetables to Grow in the Shade

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If you get less than 6 hours of sun in your garden, what can you grow?

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After 10 Days of Not Being Watered, This is What my Garden Looks Like

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During the Thanksgiving holiday I was out of town for 10 days and my balcony garden wasn’t watered. Check out how the self-watering containers did.

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Your Seed Starting Soil Should Not Have Twigs

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The soil for your containers should not look like this and have lots of chips and twigs.

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Decorating Your Recycled Container Garden

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You can turn your recycled containers into a DIY art project. Much better than the beat up white containers.

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Two Ways To Use Manure Tea In Your Container Garden

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You can add manure tea by watering it from the top like you would a traditional container.

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Where To Get Containers For Your Container Garden

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There are many places in your area where you can source containers for your garden.

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Eliminating Another Excuse Not To Grow Your Own Food

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These collard greens haven’t been watered in two weeks and they have still grown tremendously.

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Allow for Air Circulation in Your Self-Watering Containers

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The water in the reservoir containers was starting to get stagnant and smell.

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How to Amend the Soil in Your Container Garden

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Now that I’ve removed the plants from some containers, I’ll need to reamend the soil for new plants.

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How Self-Watering Containers Work

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My balcony garden went two weeks without being watered.

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Is Growing Food in a Plastic Container Safe?

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I usually stay away from plastic, but I can rationalize growing my food in the plastic containers.

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Testing Soil Amendments: Manure Tea vs Compost

Testing Soil Amendments

I’m starting a soil amendment showdown on my balcony – manure tea versus compost.

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Self-Watering Container Made Out of a Soda Bottle

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A fourth version of a self-watering container. This one using a soda bottle.

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How To Easily Make A Self-Watering Container

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I’ve taken all the pipe out of the self-watering containers and drilled a larger hole to water them.

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Yellow Plant Leaves: Use Coffee Grinds

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The leaves around the base of my plants are yellowing.

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Why To Use Two Containers When Making A Self-Watering Container

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The self-watering containers are built from two containers instead of the vinyl tile insert.

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Breakdown Your Self Watering Containers Before They Freeze

Breaking down a container garden.

I waited too long to break down my vegetable garden in Brooklyn and the containers froze up. I’ll have to wait for them to defrost to continue.

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My Favorite UrbanOrganicGardener Moments of 2009

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Some of my favorite moments from 2009.

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Support Probelm with my Small Plastic Greenhouses

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I had some problems with rain weighing down the small plastic greenhouses.

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