Have You Tried Container Gardening

"Have you tried container gardening?" a friend asked me.

I'd never really thought about it. When she explained how this was much easier on her back (she'd injured it last year) and could utilize a small space, I realized it had merit.

• You can work at a table on the containers. You can have them set on stands. Keep them small enough so that someone can lift them easily, someone else if you have a back problem.
• The containers can be set on a porch that gets the sun and shade.
• You can build a greenhouse enclosure.
• You don't need a lot of land, so can "plant" them on a rooftop garden, in a small yard area, in a sunny area of your home or apartment.
• They're fun for children to "grow," too.

What have you don that involves container gardening?

Gardening Related Home Businesses

For anyone considering a home business related to gardening in some form or fashion, check out my post at Home Biz Notes, Gardening Businesses Popular This Year.

With the slow down in the economy and with many people out of work or making less income, gardening as away to save money has become popular. So gearing up your business to fill the needs of gardeners seems very viable.

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Forsythia - a Sign of Spring and Memories

The forsythia blooms in our yard and around homes throughout the town. This bush, with masses of yellow blossoms adds a sign of spring and memories. With it's aura of joy and sunshine, the forsythia bushes also rings back memories of the farmhouse where I grew up.

A large bush grew at the end of the long porch across the front of our house. When my parents moved to a smaller house, Father took a shoot of this bush and grew a large bush there.

When my husband and I moved to our current home, thirty years ago, my dad brought a shoot here and planted it. Now that bush is large and the blooms each spring bring back memories or childhood and my dad's contribution to our home.

At one point, we weren't sure the bush would survive the harsh NH winters, so my daughter and her family bought another for me on Mother's Day and planted it. So both have memories.

Do you have "memory" plants in your garden?

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Do You Want to Copy Mrs. Obama's White House Garden?

Are you blind follower of Michelle Obama? Do you want to copy her White House Garden? (It's called Mrs. Obama's garden, but actually how much work does she do, except for photo ops in her cute designer gardening outfits.)

However, if you want to copy her garden, you can buy, yes, buy her gardening plans and follow her gardening "expertise."

Check Out Some Earth Day Projects

With Earth Day coming soon, you may want to check out some activities for tots and teens. I have a post at Blisstree, with a Caring for the Earth theme.

Some people get carried away with Earth Day with very impractical activities. However, these seem to be ones which will teach youngsters appreciation...and will be fun.

Google Blogger for Dummies - A Resource for Writing a Gardening Blog

Do you want to write a gardening blog?

However, you feel you need more guidance in doing this. Or you may want to enhance the blog you already have.

Check out Susan Gunelius's Google Blogger for Dummies. Here you'll find helpful instructions for setting up your Blogger blog, as well for enhancing blogs you already have. Learn about monetizing your blogs, too. Read more about Google Blogger for Dummies in my review at Blisstree.

Since blogging is the wave of the present and future, you'll join in the excitement by establishing a blog of your own...with Susan's assistance.

Victory vs. Recession Gardens

I recently read that the term "victory" garden (used during World War II) is so outdated. Instead, we need to refer to our gardens this year as "recession" gardens as we try to recession proof our food budgets by growing foods.

I still like to use the term "victory." We are going to be victorious. Our gardens will help our budgets and aid us on the way to victory.

If we continue to program our minds with "recession, recession, recession," we have no chance of getting out of the present economic downturn. So by continually referring to our gardens as "recession" ones, we'll only dig ourselves deeper into a hole.

So grow yourself a garden to victory!