Balcony, Patio, and Courtyard Gardening
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Article by: Gwen Stewart People choose balcony, patio, , Delavay's Blueberry (Vaccinium delavayi) and courtyard gardening , General Lawn Maintenance Tips for many different reasons. Some are moving from a large house , Best Perennial Plants for Summer Color to smaller accommodation, some don't want the hassle of a large property, , Building A Foot Bridge and some chose to live in rental property , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner to avoid the high-cost of owning a home. , How to Naturally Dry Hydrangeas Whatever the reason, this doesn't mean we can't garden. , Let Life and Energy Flow from the No space is too small for a small space garden. , 5 Tips For Fish Pond Maintenance One plant , Barefoot at the Cottage in a container is a garden. , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor In fact, ever more gardening , Getting Rid of Garden Pests with Less Chemicals options are available in terms of pots, , Flowers, An Annual Event half-barrels, window , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden boxes, troughs, cast-iron planters, recycled materials - the list is unending with possibilities. Planning a Small Space Garden When planning your small space garden , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers several steps are fundamental. The first consideration is to determine what purpose this space will serve. Do you want to grow , Three Tips for a Better and Cheaper Lawn vegetables, herbs, , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain entertain family and friends, meditate, create a place , Pesticides of peace, healing, a memorial garden , Making a Pond With a Pond Liner - the list is endless. Next, walk around your space and really look at what you have. Where are doors, , Economically Design Your Own Landscape Lighting sheds, , Gardening For Birds permanent planters located? Is there any clutter? Clear out the clutter by asking yourself: 'Do I love it? Have I used it in the past year?' If it no longer serves you, turf it out, paint , How to Grow Cooking Herbs it or fix it, give it to somebody who needs it. If possible, take a chair , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys and sit down, move it around, and think about where the energy , Healing Aloe Vera Plants Are Easy To Grow and Provide Health Benefits feels best for you. Wherever that is, place , Cold Frame Greenhouse - Maximize The Natural Warmth Of The Sun your seating such as a park bench, , Gardening For Birds lounge, Muskoka chairs, , Mowing the Lawn dining furniture, , Iris - Species and Care swing, etc. Do you want a formal or informal setting? What features , Best Perennial Plants for Summer Color do you want? Features , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers such as water, , Japanese Gardens – Basic Design Questions That Should Be Addressed flowers, , Wicker Patio Furniture or Teak Patio Furniture Look Awesome With Patio Chair Cushions vegetables, , 5 Tips On Caring For A Bonsai Tree herbs, , Park Benches - Making the Right Choice wind chimes, wild life, colour, , 5 Tips For Fish Pond Maintenance etc. add the finishing touches to your small space garden. , To Repot - or Not! Finally, make a plan , Bonsai t Care: What You Need to Know particularly if you are going to use large features , Three Tips for a Better and Cheaper Lawn such as a half-barrel. Once filled with soil , Iris - Species and Care you will not want to be moving it. Creating a Small Space Garden Containers. Generally speaking natural , 5 Easy Steps To A Successful Residential Landscaping Project. materials such as wood, , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner clay, stone, , 5 Tips For Fish Pond Maintenance or cast iron in all their forms make better companions for plants. , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers Remember that wet soil , 3 Easy Tips for Successful Container Gardening weighs a lot so if you garden , Dog Days of Summer on a balcony weight restrictions may apply. Containers made from lighter weight materials such as fibreglass are ideal for roof , What Is A Black Orchid - Fascinating But Elusive or balcony gardens. , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain Styles of containers include hanging baskets, wirework stands and baskets, wood window , The Flower Drying Game - Part 2: Sand or Glycerin? boxes, sinks, troughs, galvanized buckets, old shoes or boots, bathtubs, old tires, and all manner of recycled objects. Scale. Scale is extremely important in small space gardening. , African Violet Care For example, small plants , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor look more balanced in small containers, large plants , Easy Working With Cordless Lawn Mowers in large containers. I especially like the effect of vines growing , Healing Aloe Vera Plants Are Easy To Grow and Provide Health Benefits on trellis in half-barrels with smaller plants , Best Perennial s for Summer Color edging the container. In the half-barrels I use, I have grown many different vines but have found that the effect of scarlet runner pole beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) is really a knockout with their gorgeous red flowers , A Rather Shady Affair and you can eat them too. Microclimates. Which plants , Barefoot at the Cottage prefer which location? Choose plants , 5 Tips For Fish Pond Maintenance according to the conditions suitable for their optimum growth. Plants , African Violet Care such as begonia (Begonia x semperflorens), coleus (Coleus x hybridous), and Fuchsia (Fuchsia x hybrida) prefer shaded areas while geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum), marigolds (Tagetes erecta), and petunia (Petunia x hybrida) prefer full sun. , 5 Easy Steps To A Successful Residential Landscaping Project. Wind can be a major factor and damage fragile plants. , ing for Wildlife Choose plants , Park Benches - Making the Right Choice that are wind tolerant such as many of the grasses; the sound of the rustling of the grasses , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner as the wind blows through them is very pleasing to the ear. Soil. I buy pre-mixed potting soil , To Repot - or Not! from the garden , Exotic Plants and Flowers for Guys: Trends in Flowers as Elegant as they are Masculine centers or shopping malls. These are generally lighter in weight to carry, sterilized to prevent weed , How to Grow Cooking Herbs seeds from germinating, and contain a lot of peat moss that helps loosen the soil , Wicker Patio Furniture or Teak Patio Furniture Look Awesome With Patio Chair Cushions so that it doesn't compact in pots. , The Flower Drying Game - Part 2: Sand or Glycerin? I also buy organic , Three Tips for a Better and Cheaper Lawn soil that doesn't have artificial chemicals added as I dump my pots , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain of used soil , Dog Days of Summer into the garden , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor where I grow , Three Tips for a Better and Cheaper Lawn vegetables. Watering. Check daily as container plants , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden often dry out more quickly. This is especially true if you are using clay pots. , Pesticides Make sure pots , General Lawn Maintenance Tips have drainage holes, as roots , Planting for Wildlife sitting in water , Gardening For Birds will rot. When there has been excessive rain or water, , Japanese Gardens – Basic Design Questions That Should Be Addressed empty saucers that are full. If you garden , Barefoot at the Cottage on a balcony sit plants , Landscaping Tips: Koi Pond Aeration Needed for Healthy Fish on something to catch the water , Let Life and Energy Flow from the Garden so that it doesn't run down on your neighbours. Fertiliser. Due to frequent watering, container plants , How to Grow Cooking Herbs require fertiliser on a more consistent basis then plants , Gardening For Birds in the ground do. Use organic , 5 Tips For Fish Pond Maintenance fertilisers such as blood meal, bone meal, or fish , 5 Tips On Caring For A Bonsai Tree emulsion, particularly if the soil , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers is going to be added to the garden , What Is A Black Orchid - Fascinating But Elusive at the end of the season, , Tricky Seed Sowing Techniques as chemical fertilisers harm the wildlife. , Benefit from the Expertise of a Landscaping Contractor Function. When you are creating your small space garden , Economically Design Your Own Landscape Lighting you are actually designing an outdoor room. , Glider Rocker Cushions - Fanastic Replacement Cushions for Your Favorite Adirondack Furniture Keep in mind that this can be colour , Wicker Patio Furniture or Teak Patio Furniture Look Awesome With Patio Chair Cushions co-ordinated to appear as an extension of your home. , Dog Days of Summer I move my indoor plants , Water Gardens That Upset The Neighbours outside for the summer , Glider Rocker Cushions - Fanastic Replacement Cushions for Your Favorite Adirondack Furniture (which they love) and design , Exotic Plants and Flowers for Guys: Trends in Flowers as Elegant as they are Masculine these areas as garden , Delavay's Blueberry (Vaccinium delavayi) rooms. Focal point. Create a focal point such as a large pot, , An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees tall plant , Healing Aloe Vera s Are Easy To Grow and Provide Health Benefits or tree, , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner colour, , Water Gardens That Upset The Neighbours or a water , How to Grow Cooking Herbs feature. Perennial , Exotic Plants and Flowers for Guys: Trends in Flowers as Elegant as they are Masculine vines such as Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) will grow , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden in a large container and come back year after year. Create a sense of mystery by hiding a plant , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain or ornament behind something else to give the pleasure of discovering it. Colour. In a small space, use three colours , Water Gardens That Upset The Neighbours such as pinks, , Gardening For Birds blues, , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your Garden and whites; reds, oranges, and yellows; reds, whites, , Orchids Plus More Newsletter - December, 2004 and blues; or reds, whites, , Exotic Plants and Flowers for Guys: Trends in Flowers as Elegant as they are Masculine and purples that provide continuity rather than too many colours , Landscaping Tips: Koi Pond Aeration Needed for Healthy Fish which tend to be distracting. Cool colours , 6 Important Tips for Beginner Bonsai Tree Caretakers make the space appear bigger and brighter while intense colours , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden shrink spaces. A white , Bonsai Plant Care: What You Need to Know and green colour , An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees theme called a 'moon garden' is more formal and particularly at night is spectacular. Many white flowers , Planting for Wildlife are fragrant at night as well. Lighting. I especially like the small Xmas lights , Delavay's Blueberry (Vaccinium delavayi) hidden in plants , Hedge Trimmers Are Tools Not Toys and interwoven throughout a trellis with climbing vines. Up lighting with small spotlights can focus attention on a particular area for evening entertaining.Gwen Nyhus Stewart, B.S.W., M.G., H.T., is an educator, freelance writer, garden , The Bonsai Braided Money Plant Tree consultant, and author of the book The Healing Garden: A Place , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner Of Peace - Gardening , A Rather Shady Affair For The Soil, , Easy Working With Cordless Lawn Mowers Gardening , Glider Rocker Cushions - Fanastic Replacement Cushions for Your Favorite Adirondack Furniture For The Soul. She owns the website Gwen's Healing Garden , Cedar Benches: A Fine Choice for Your where you will find lots of free information , Oregano: Joy of the Mountain about gardening , Japanese Gardens – Basic Design Questions That Should Be Addressed for the soil , The Flower Drying Game - Part 2: Sand or Glycerin? and gardening , Flowers, An Annual Event for the soul. To find out more about the book and subscribe to her free Newsletter visit http://www.gwenshealinggarden.ca Gwen Nyhus Stewart © 2004 - 2005. All rights reserved. |
  
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