| Container gardening is not a new concept by any | | | | suns light. Each container should have one or two |
| means and the benefits of gardening using containers | | | | types of vegetables that will grow well together. An |
| far outweighs the conventional gardening methods. | | | | example: you would not want to put corn and turnips |
| Using containers to grow your vegetable garden in | | | | in the same container, as the corn would block the |
| help retain much needed moisture. Containers also are | | | | sun from the turnips. If you do grow these together, |
| much easier to take care of and keep the soil tilled. | | | | you must put the turnips the closest to the suns |
| This helps the vegetable plants stay strong and | | | | rays for proper lighting. |
| produce plants that are more yielding. | | | | Make sure you have enough containers and enough |
| The containers allow you to produce a larger garden | | | | of the soil mixture to provide your family enough |
| in a smaller area and take less water to maintain | | | | food for the summer time as well as some extra to |
| proper moisture in the soil for less watering. Over | | | | freeze or preserve on into the winter months. Many |
| watering, cause the roots of the plants to weaken | | | | fresh vegetables do well and can keep for months |
| or rot. The area is also much less spread out so this | | | | frozen. |
| is less work on you to care for the garden. | | | | Choose the foods that do the best in the container |
| These containers can be made with a rich black soil | | | | gardens like green beans, okra, corn, squash, and |
| and mixing the proper amount of fertilizers into the | | | | anything else you or you family may like. Herbs can |
| soil. The containers are, made out of some | | | | also be, grown in the ends or around the edges of |
| landscaping posts or timbers. The containers can also | | | | the containers as well as onions and garlic. |
| be, constructed from large sturdy boards such as 2 | | | | You will be amazed at the fact your litter container |
| X 6 or 2 X 12 boards. Simply make some large box | | | | garden will yield you more produce than the other |
| like containers out of these boards and then fill them | | | | conventional gardens ever did. You will also discover |
| with the prepared soil. | | | | that gardening using the containers is easy to |
| Next, you will decide what to plant in each of the | | | | maintain. |
| containers and the position of the containers to the | | | | |