The Ottumwa Courier - Gardening in containers is just blossoming
Here is a great article on container gardening. As it states, container gardening is used for people with limited space or no outdoor space. For those who are fortunate enough to have yards, and the ability to work in them; container gardening is excellent for changing and enhancing the look of your hard without having to do a lot of digging and bed building.
Below is an exerpt explaing the best pots to use when gardening.
Dark-colored plastic pots absorb solar heat so are a good choice for tomatoes, cannas or other warm-natured plants in a cool climate. But, they heat up in hot summer areas and cook the roots. To prevent overheating, shield pots with foil.Light-colored containers reflect solar heat, helping keep plant roots cool. Dense concrete or thick terra-cotta pots hold heat. Tall narrow containers like strawberry planters as well as small pots and shallow containers heat up and dry out quickly. They are a good choice for sedums or other succulents.
The yard is home to over 250 different kinds of hostas, a hand made 2,500-gallon pond filled with nine colorful Japanese Koi that sits below a small waterfall, and a beautiful rock wall that surrounds the middle of the yard.
This is a beautiful story how a man and his wife developed their yard into beautiful landscape dream that is now modeled after gardening clubs.
Yard art can enhance a garden and transform a landscape
It is not just pink flamingos any more. Yard art can truly enhance the look of a yard, and bring a pleasingly aesthetic feel to your garden. Just don’t overdue it. Otherwise you are just wasting money, and making your yard look more like a junkyard than a garden. You will find some great tips from this article on how to pick the right yard art.
Good advice:
”One of her key landscape-design covenants is the thought of creating rooms in your garden,” Heatwole said. “And what better way to accentuate that than with some three-dimensional art.”
Heatwole also mentions giving your garden some sentimental value. Add things that have a story. These could be plants from friends and family or art created by a close friend.
