Sentences with phrase «watering container gardens»

That's where self - watering container gardens come in: You place your plants in an insert, place the insert in a reservoir of water, and let the plant soak up water as required.

Not exact matches

I've watched men making bricks in equatorial sun from morning till night in exchange for $ 10; women hauling five - gallon containers on their heads and in each hand every morning to water their garden - size farm; children rifling through trash for recyclables to exchange for a meal.

Be careful of your fertilizing & watering (check a garden book on containers, or «square - foot - gardening»).

Enjoying your own garden is half the fun of summer and getting outdoors to play — whether you are gardening using recycled containers like those from Inspiration Laboratories or using the junk box items to create a game of Water Bottle skittles from Poppet and Little, if like us you have many umm «flowers» in your lawn then why not put them to use creating a Daisy Crown from Nature and Play or a Dandelion Crown from Fireflies and Mudpies.

Older kids generally take me up on my suggestion, but the younger kids usually look across the way to where I'm pointing, then return to methodically emptying those 5 gallon buckets onto the ground, or, when they get tired of that, into any other empty container they find to fill — a wagon, the inside of a tire, another watering can — but rarely the garden.

Tip: Water the plants you are going to use in your container garden before you transfer them.

As with all container gardens, it can be tricky to keep a wall garden evenly watered and fertilized (yet not overwatered out of paranoia!).

Tip: Water the plants you are going to use in your container garden before you transfer them.

I love high density planting, container gardening & SIP sub-irrigated (self - watering) planters.

Keep in mind, though, that for a container garden to flourish, you need to provide the right amount of water and space.

I love high density planting, container gardening & SIP sub-irrigated (self - watering) planters.

Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in a container acts as a miniature reflecting pool at the Monocot Garden.

Laurel Rimmer, Assistant Director of Wave Hill's Public Programs, has had containers on her mind since demonstrating for visitors last weekend how to create container water gardens.

Seth also creates gorgeous container gardens and raised vegetable beds, and is particularly adept at xeriscaping ─ the process of creating water - efficient, striking landscapes that replace those water - hogging grass lawns.

A good quality potting soil can make all the difference in container vegetable gardening, as it will be loose and friable enough for optimal root growth, will hold water for longer periods of time than plain ol' dirt from the yard, and will also dry quickly enough (and maintain air spaces within it) to allow the plant's roots to get oxygen.

Self - watering gardens are a cinch to DIY with almost any kind of container, from an empty soda bottle to an 18 - gallon storage bin, but there are plenty of pre-made versions, too.

The garden is still running off water caught in a bucket while warming the shower, and I was able to reuse most of my already reused containers.

I love high density planting, container gardening & SIP sub-irrigated (self - watering) planters.

I love high density planting, container gardening & SIP sub-irrigated (self - watering) planters.

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I'm quite challenged with any gardening at the moment as I'm in the Arizona desert in an attached single - family home (aka duplex) with three exposures: an east - facing courtyard to which the water has been turned off so plan on container gardening, a south side of the house with some very boring desert plants and a west - facing patio (southwest corner of house) with no covering that gets overheard sun all day.

A pair of secateurs, a sharp gardening knife and two separate containers, one with water heated to 60 degrees Centigrade, the other containing cold water.

I had to add a plastic container under them for watering purposes, but I was able to keep the flowers alive quite easily, and later planted them out in my garden.

a container greens, moss, flowers potting soil, shovel, and a watering can stones or pebbles fairy garden accessories (a house, toadstool, gnome and fairy.

For as long as we can remember, container gardens made from watering troughs have stolen our heart.

Bentley, my Studio Assistant, is waiting to show you some of our new «water-wise» plants and ways that we are adding color to the garden and at the same time helping us continue to reduce our water consumption by 35 % by saving household water and using «grey» water from the shower and kitchen to water the container plants.