Potting Soil Makes Hanging Baskets Resilient

Hanging Baskets - Petunias - Maureen Gilmer

Moss baskets make it next to impossible to overwater plants, and that’s why they’re different from any other hanging pot. Each basket is composed of a suspended wire framework lined with fibrous material and filled with potting soil. The reason for fiber lining is to allow optimal drainage throughout the whole container, not just where there are drain holes. It also allows you to water daily without guilt, so the soil remains evenly moist without the risk of saturation.

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Getting Started with Growing Edible Herbs

Herb gardening is undeniably a great way for a beginning gardener to enjoy success while reaping delicious culinary benefits.

Black Gold Natural & Organic Potting Soil - Pam Beck

All of the five senses are fully engaged when growing edible herbs. There is a serene beauty of a garden composed mostly of evergreen and silver-grey herbs. Herb gardeners are treated to a daily miniature cantata as visiting bees contentedly work their pollination magic among the flowers. The tantalizing fragrance exudes from sun-warmed culinary herbs and is absolutely intoxicating. This is also the perfect lure to prompt a passerby to brush their fingertips across the soft foliage, tear a nearby leaf to greedily sniff, then gratifyingly sample.

Surprisingly, edible herbs are really easy to grow. Provide them with a few simple essentials, and they will reward you with both their vigor and flavor.

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Pot Garden Plants for Winter Joy

Autumn brings an end to the summer garden, but you need not say good-bye to everything you planted this year. It’s an age-old practice to pot garden plants of certain varieties to bring indoors where they live on for months, and some may even survive the winter to grow for another year.

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