Small Space Gardening: How to Grow Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers in Any Area

Description

An introductory manual on gardening in pots and containers. Containers, of course, are the norm in cities and many suburbs, where space is at a premium, but gardeners with plenty of room will also appreciate the benefits of container planting. Containers dress up front walks, hang brightly from the limbs of trees, and energise a deck with colour and life. They are a great laboratory for "experiments", and also allow a gardener to grow plants that wouldn't otherwise winter over in northerly climate zones. In concise chapters, Peter Loewer explains: light, dormancy, temperature and watering; potting and soil mixes; vertical gardens, including vines in pots; how to create your own pool, and surround it with a beautiful water garden; growing fruits like bananas, alpine strawberries, and mangoes in containers; and forcing bulbs.