Category Archives: Container gardening

The Tenacity of Life

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Anne Underwood

The growing season is drawing to a close. Gone are the languid days of summer, the late light nights, the embracing warmth of sunshine. Instead there is a crisp snap in the air, and temperatures dip into the 40s at … Continue reading →

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Fungus Fest

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Anne Underwood

When I first planted my container garden, I naively thought that I would get to decide what grew there. After all, I wasn’t trying to reclaim some weed-choked lot, but was starting from scratch with pristine containers. Little did I … Continue reading →

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The Age of Aquarius

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Anne Underwood

I was born under the wrong sign. I should have been an Aquarius–the water carrier. I’ve certainly felt like one this summer, sloshing through the apartment multiple times a day with two large watering cans (occasionally watering the carpet on … Continue reading →

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Are These Pots Self-Watering? Sure–Just Add Water

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Anne Underwood

I must admit that I was deeply skeptical when I first heard about self-watering containers. I mean, really, who are they trying to kid? Somebody has to put water in there, and that somebody is you. So how exactly are … Continue reading →

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Taking a Hosing

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Anne Underwood

Et tu, XHose? I was already feeling betrayed last week, after discovering that a number of nozzle manufacturers include lead, a potent neurotoxin, in the nozzles they make for garden hoses–as if we gardeners don’t care that we’re spraying potentially … Continue reading →

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Nozzlegate–Scandal in the Garden

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Anne Underwood

As my garden has expanded from a random collection of containers to a small urban oasis, I’ve found myself sloshing through the apartment day after day with one overspilling watering can after another. So I finally decided it was time … Continue reading →

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Urban Gardener Returns–Without the Inferiority Complex

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Anne Underwood

It’s spring—and the squirrels are getting hungry. I know this because little rascals are digging holes in the soil of my flower pots and window boxes, in an apparent search for buried nuts. So far, the main victim has been … Continue reading →

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