My latest video (Willem Van Cotthem)

Please enjoy my latest YOU TUBE-video :

2012-05 ALSTROEMERIA FLOWERING

http://youtu.be/t_4ORe17_rQ

We move to a new Facebook-page (Willem Van Cotthem)

Dear Fan of Container Gardening,

In order to render my efforts for promoting container gardening more efficient, I decided to concentrate my activities on a ‘new’ Facebook-page.  From now on, I will collect all my postings on this new page, which means that I will not continue to post them here on this website.

Here is a special request for you : please visit my page called

‘CONTAINER GARDENING ALLIANCE’

http://www.facebook.com/willemvancotthem

and click on the ‘Like’ button to show your interest.

Looking for a simple and user-friendly classification system of all the available photos, I opted for a page with a series of albums to be created with available illustrations (photos, videos, …) classified in categories :

• Types of containers : pots, bottles, planters, trays, barrels, sacks, bags, cans, cups, cartons, gutters, …

• Species of plants grown in containers : vegetables, herbs, ornamentals, succulents, …

• Types of container combinations : risers, towers, hanging containers, …

The number of albums will grow when illustrations of new CG-ideas are uploaded on this Alliance-page.

I started uploading some albums myself, so that you get soon a clear view on our main objective: making available for all our CG-fans a fantastic survey of container gardening potentials.

Please help me to get a swift development of this “encyclopedia” of container gardening images by clicking on the ‘Like’ button of “Container Gardening Alliance” at http://www.facebook.com/willemvancotthem

Sincere thanks.

Willem Van Cotthem

A simple yet inexpensive solution to successfully gardening in containers (Instructables)

Read at :

http://www.instructables.com/id/Successful-Container-Gardening/

Successful Container Gardening

Author:DebH57

Many people have that ‘Green Thumb’ and really enjoy gardening but don’t live in a place where there is enough room to do any gardening.

Still others who possess the ‘Green Thumb’ for in the ground planting are frustrated by trying to satisfy their need to grow things when it comes to planting in containers.

Here is a simple yet inexpensive solution to the problem to successfully gardening in containers.

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Starting a vegetable garden (Vegetable Garden Hub)

Read at :

http://vegetablegardenhub.com

Growing a Vegetable Garden

Getting Started with a Vegetable Garden

Growing a vegetable garden can be as simple as raising a few tomatoes in hanging pots on the patio or as complex as developing a new permaculture design for an entire property.

Before you grab that shovel, borrow the neighbor’s rototiller and start buying up all those pretty packets of seeds with the pictures of luscious ripe vegetables on them you’ll need to take a little time to work out a few key elements of your plan for a garden.

Choosing the path that is best for your personal needs is fairly simple, and begins by asking a few well-chosen questions to determine what you really want to do.

Here are a few to get you started:

• How much time can I devote to a vegetable garden?
• Should I just plant a few favorites in containers or a tabletop greens garden, or do I have time for a full-on garden?
• How permanent is my living situation?

If you aren’t sure how long you’ll be living at your current location, consider community gardens or container gardens as an option.

Growing in a bottle (Debbie KONG / Greenroofgrowers)

Seen at Facebook :

SIP

We are all small farmers (IRIN News / UN News / Willem Van Cotthem)

Read at :

http://desertification.wordpress.com/2012/03/16/15-million-people-at-risk-of-food-insecurity-in-countries-in-the-sahel-irin-news-un-news/

We are all small farmers (IRIN News / UN News / Willem Van Cotthem)

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With all the “small farmer-families” up to “sustainable development” !

Don’t wait for people to bring you food, start growing fresh food at home, wherever you live, and you will contribute to food security.

It’s simple, it’s easy, it’s healthy, it makes you safe money, it’s fun, even for your children.

Become a FAN of the Container Gardening Alliance (Willem Van Cotthem)

I have a special request for you : please visit my new Facebook-page

 

‘CONTAINER GARDENING ALLIANCE’

 

<http://www.facebook.com/willemvancotthem>

 

and click on the ‘Like’ button to show your interest.

 

Looking for a simple and user-friendly classification system of all the available photos, I opted for a page with a series of albums to be created with available illustrations (photos, videos, …) classified in categories :

• Types of containers : pots, bottles, planters, trays, barrels, sacks, bags, cans, cups, cartons, gutters, …

• Species of plants grown in containers : vegetables, herbs, ornamentals, succulents, …

• Types of container combinations : risers, towers, hanging containers, …

 

The number of albums will grow when illustrations of new CG-ideas are uploaded on this Alliance-page.

 

I started uploading some albums myself, so that you get soon a clear view on our main objective: making available for all our CG-fans a fantastic survey of container gardening potentials.

 

In the meanwhile, I will continue to publish links to interesting publications on CG and I keep counting on the contributions of the fans of this new Facebook-page.

 

Please help me to get a swift start of this “encyclopedia” of container gardening images by clicking on the ‘Like’ button of “Container Gardening Alliance” at http://www.facebook.com/willemvancotthem

 

Sincere thanks.

 

Willem Van Cotthem