It’s been slow on the posting front, as I’ve gotten addicted to Twitter (follow me!). I’ve been coming across a lot of great container gardening-related resources, and thought I’d throw up a quick list of a few:
Vegetables
- Great list of specific vegetable varieties well-suited to container growing.
- This page has a good chart (scroll to bottom) showing the minimum container sizes for various vegetables.
- Lifehacker’s post about self-watering tomato planters.
Fruits
- Basic tips for growing fruit in pots.
- An article specifically about apples.
- A pdf all about growing blueberries in containers.
- From the Royal Horticultural Society, a great list of fruit varieties suitable for container growing.
For all troubleshooting related to container gardening, post questions to the forum at GardenWeb.
Finally, if you like the tactile experience of a book, pick up a copy of McGee and Stuckey’s Edible Container, an encyclopedic work on the subject.
Have fun!
Tags: books, container gardening, fruits, vegetables
Thanks for starting this blog… I’ve often complained that so many of the “sustainable solutions” that people talk about within and outside of permaculture circles tend to exclude things that renters can (and would have reason to) do.
I just wanted to suggest/request a list of resources for the actual containers for gardening… everything from small free ones or built from scraps, etc, to fancy new, recycled, or whatever. IMHO aesthetics do count; and if it inspires more people to garden, and brings you joy, maybe it’s worth investing and using the resources to buy or build something that looks nice to grow food in.
Justin,
You’ve just inspired the next post, thanks! Look out for it by Friday!
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