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Comment on 3. Great ideas for container gardening by insectamonarca

insectamonarca — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:26:55 +0000

I love the idea. So many times I use clear water and soda bottles in the garden to spook rabbits. An Ojibwe friend of mine told me to put them upside down buried in the garden. I am always looking for ideas to reuse clear plastic water and soda bottles and this idea of plastic planters is well worth experimenting with. I plan to try it in 2010 to start seedlings in.

We do raised bed gardening at the senior housing where I live. I capture rain water from roofs via gutter downspots. I simply place a pail under the downspots and then transfer water via a funnel to plastic bottles. These are easier to carry than large water vessels.

We can save plastic containers from the landfill. Just fill them up with dirt and plant a garden instead. Very practical for us seniors on a fixed income. Thank you.

Comment on 3. Great ideas for container gardening by elainesy

elainesy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:27:37 +0000

I just love your ideas! I have lots of room, but I have serious arthritis, so the light weight bottles sound like the perfect garden! Thank you so much!
I have a site healthierthinnerhappieru I am searching for a new theme for it and ran across this.

Comment on 3. Great ideas for container gardening by Garden Beet

Garden Beet — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:30:27 +0000

hi there – if you obtain containers that allow the roots to breath the roots will be airpruned (good for plant growth) as oppossed to pot bound (bad for plant growth) – woolly wally pockets do just that http://www.gardenbeet.com/vertical-garden.html

basically the plant will only grow as big as the container

Comment on 2. Why this blog? Why this content? by gardenbeet

gardenbeet — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:21:15 +0000

Hi – great I will be reading with interest – I also have a blog on vertical gardening http://gardenbeet.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/vertical-gardens/

Comment on 3. Great ideas for container gardening by Sprouts!

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Comment on Young maple trees growing in a plastic bottle (Willem) by kentynet

kentynet — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:49:22 +0000

I was wondering about growing plants in bottles recently, thats how I ended up on this page, I love the idea, but can humidity be a bit of a problem? I quite like tropical and sub-tropical plants I can grow indoors, so I guess the humidity might be benneficial for those types of plants.

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Comment on 2. Why this blog? Why this content? by amberfreda

amberfreda — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:15:41 +0000

Wonderful blog, thank you!! I design rooftop gardens and am based in New York City. I also have a blog on urban gardening at http://www.gothamgardener.blogspot.com. You can also see photos of some of our roof gardens and other urban garden projects at http://www.amberfreda.com. Thanks again and happy gardening!

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