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A good potting mix

The weather’s been terrible for the last few days so I’ve been staying indoors all these times instead of pottering around in the backyard thus the lack of updates. Today I like to talk a bit on potting mix that we buy from the nurseries. There are so many brands of potting mixes with prices […]

Published by Admin on May 18th, 2008 tagged Container Gardening, Soil & Planting Medium | Comment now »

The cactus grew and grew..

Today I want to show you a cactus I have growing in my backyard. There is a story behind this cactus, a history actually. You see, I can safely say that this cactus is the oldest plant I have growing in my garden!

Many many years ago when my wife moved into her own place her […]

Published by Admin on April 29th, 2008 tagged Container Gardening | 1 Comment »

Growing dahlias in containers

One of my favorite flowering perennials is the dahlia. I’ve always like dahlias from the very beginning, they are big, bright, colorful and beautiful. Just the sort of flowers to brighten up your gardens, they are second only to the roses.

If I had a big backyard I would grow rows and rows of dahlias of […]

Published by Admin on April 17th, 2008 tagged Container Gardening | 1 Comment »