Container Gardening 101
People grow in everything from custom-made pottery to antique bathtubs, with clay pots and wooden planters being more common. Any container that appeals to you is a possibility, but it must have drainage holes at the bottom. Cover the holes (but ... [... more]
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Creating Summer Shadows
Right now, I'm trying to figure out how we can have less grass to mow. To keep our guests happy we need only a space for croquet and a badminton court. All of the rest can go into hosta and ivy as far as I'm concerned, with a few annuals and ... [... more]
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Patio Gardens
You can arrange containers close to an outdoor seating area to create an intimate ambience for a small dinner party, then move them further away to make room for a larger gathering. You can arrange tall plants to provide shade during the heat of ... [... more]
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