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Job:06-700309 Title: CPS - Container Gardening Complete
Job:06-700309 Title: CPS - Container Gardening Complete
700309 - ContainerGardens_001-272_FINAL.indd 13 5/24/17 10:52 AM12 IntroductionThen, Chapter 2 will fill you in on how to
design beautiful containers. This chapter is
overflowing with lists, charts, and photographs
of dozens of flower, herb, fruit, and vegetable
varieties perfect for growing in containers. You’ll
also find design “recipes” you can use in your
container garden, if you’re a bit shy about making
your own plant combinations. You’ll learn how
to plant properly, and how growing edible plants
differs from growing ornamentals.
Subsequent chapters will teach you how to
water, prune, fertilize, and otherwise care for your
container garden, without requiring a ton of time,money, or exertion. A chapter on troubleshooting
includes a gallery of common container garden
pests with advice on managing them without the
use of synthetic chemical pesticides. The same
chapter also includes a section on managing plant
diseases and other ailments that may affect your
containerized plants.
Toward the end of the book, you’ll be
introduced to a few useful harvesting methods
and you’ll learn what to do with your plants and
containers when the growing season ends.
Throughout the pages of this book, I’ve
included 21 DIY container-gardening projects.Growing in containers isn’t complicated, though it
isn’t completely trouble-free either. With a bit of care,
however, you can learn how to properly prune, water,
fertilize, and otherwise care for your container plants
so they’ll always be in tip-top shape.With the advice found in this book, you’ll be able to
make hearty harvests from each container, extending
your growing season and keeping your kitchen counter
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Introduction 13Some are tailored to beginner gardeners, while
others are a bit more involved. But regardless of
their complexity, these projects are an excellent
way to get your creative juices flowing. After
all, one of the best reasons to grow your plants
in containers is the opportunity to develop
and exhibit your own sense of style. Use the
projects as a jumping off point and build on
them however you wish. Each project is designed
with a particular purpose in mind. Whether it’s
growing backyard berries on a deck, building a
raised planter to improve accessibility, creating
a container trellis to grow vertically and save
space, or using a repurposed item as a pot to
cut down on costs, each project’s purpose and
construction is outlined via clear, step-by-step
instructions and photographs.There’s an infinite number of unique ways to design
and exhibit garden containers. Whether they’re purely
practical, simply lovely, or utterly whimsical, partner
your imagination with guidance from this book to
come up with containers you love.In the final chapter of the book, you’ll find a
gallery of dozens of additional creative ideas you
can include in your own container garden. I’m
sure you’ll find the sky’s the limit when it comes
to cool container gardening concepts and trends.
My hope is that Container Gardening Complete
becomes your bible for growing anything and
everything in containers. Once you see how fun
and easy gardening in containers is, and how,
with just a little forethought, you can harvest
armloads of homegrown goodies from the
smallest of spaces, you’ll come to love growing in
containers as much as I do. There’s a whole new
world of gardening right here at your fingertips.
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