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May 25, 2010

Container garden errors

Container gardeningMy container gardening guru Kerry Michaels claims to have made every mistake possible in planting her containers, some of them more than once.

So she has swallowed her pride and listed the top 10 errors gardeners make so the rest of us can avoid them. 

We've been talking a lot about container gardening here on Garden Variety -- it makes sense because this is the time of year when we are putting containers together -- so it makes sense to take a minute and read Kerry's list of do's and don't's

My favorite tip? When planting a large container, have at least one plant that is as tall as the container so it doesn't look stunted.

What I am guilty of? I don't feed my containers regularly, and I should.

Mistake I only made once? Planting a large container on my potting table and then trying to carry it to its spot.

Posted by Susan Reimer at 10:13 AM | | Comments (0)
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About Susan Reimer
Susan Reimer has spent 16 years writing about raising kids - among other topics - in her column for The Baltimore Sun. And every time son Joseph or daughter Jessie passed another milestone - driver's license, college, wedding or a move to a new military duty station - she has planted another garden. Now she will be writing about those gardens - and yours - here on Garden Variety.

Susan isn't an expert gardener, but she wasn't an expert mother, either. Both - the kids and the gardens - seem to be doing well in spite of her.

She lives in Annapolis with her husband, Gary Mihoces, who loves to cut his grass but has noticed that there seems to be less of it every time the kids pass another milestone.
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