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Container Gardening with Herbs and Vegetables

Containers can be a great way to grow veggies, herbs and edible flowers. We'll tell you how to plant and grow delicious, nutritious and beautiful greenery and edibles. From spicy and gorgeous nasturtiums to tasty sugar snap peas - you can have them on your deck or balcony. We’ll give you all the info you need to get started growing your own herb and vegetable container gardens.
Lemon Verbena Margarita
This lemon verbena margarita totally rocks! Served over crushed ice, lemon verbena gives the margarita that extra something special.
How to Ripen Green Tomatoes
How to ripen green tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes
Have an abundance of green tomatoes? Here's a quick, easy and delicious recipe for fried green tomatoes, with a Southwestern twist.
Make a Kiddie Pool into a Garden Planter
Turn an kiddie pool into a cool garden planter and have a pool party for your plants.
Vegetable Container Gardening 101
Vegetable container gardening is easy, fun and tasty. Find out the basics of vegetable container gardening.
What is Late Tomato Blight?
Late tomato blight is a serious plant disease that affect both tomatoes and potatoes.
Growing Tomatoes Upside Down - The Upsides and the Downsides
Growing tomatoes upside down is all the rage. Find out if it's a good way to grow tomatoes in containers.
Using Milk for Plant Care
Quick tip for plant care.
Growing Potatoes in Containers
Growing potatoes in containers is easy and fun. If you haven't ever tasted fresh spuds, you've never really tasted a potato. Here's a step by step on how to grow potatoes in containers.
Make a Cheap, Easy and Cool Looking Upside Down Tomato Bucket
Growing an upside down tomato is all the rage. Find out how to make an upside down tomato bucket that is also cheap and pretty.
Herb Container Garden Basics
Growing herb container gardens is easy, incredibly satisfying and can save you money. Here are some of the basics.
Make a Cool, Cheap, Lettuce Vegetable Container Garden in a Whole Foods Bag
Here are some step by step instructions for how to grow lettuce, a great container gardening vegetable, in a 79 cent lunch bag from Whole Foods.
How To Grow Peas in Container Gardens
Peas are one of the easiest and most satisfying container garden vegetables that you can grow. Here's a step by step guide on how to successfully plant and grow peas in container gardens.
Container Vegetable Garden Basics
Whether you're a city dweller with a balcony, or have acres of land to spare, growing vegetable container gardens is fun and satisfying.
Why grow vegetable container gardens organically?
Given the evidence, growing organic container vegetable gardens, is good for you and good for the planet.
"Pizza" Container Garden
Is there anyone out there who doesn't like pizza? Even if you don't make the pizza yourself, adding fresh herbs to any pizza, frozen, takeout or homemade can make it taste great. To have an easy and plentiful supply of herbs, make a "pizza," container garden - a container garden filled with fresh herbs that go well on pizza. It's an easy and fun project to do with kids. A "pizza" container garden can also make a terrific gift.
5 Best Herbs for Container Gardens
About.com's Guide to Herb gardens gives you her picks for the "5 Best Herbs for Container Gardens."
Container Gardening Seeds - Johnny's Seeds
Johnny's Seeds carries terrific organic seeds for container gardening. This employee owned company is in Winslow Maine.
Getting Started Growing Vegetables in Container Gardens
Here's some great info on how to get started growing vegetables in container gardens from Texas A&M University.
Vegetable Container Gardening - Growing Veggies in Containers
Better Homes and Gardens has lots of information on growing vegetables in container gardens
Vegetable Container Gardening - Growing Potatoes in a Container Garden
Ever wanted to grow your own spuds but didn't have the space? In this Better Homes and Gardens video, you can learn how to grow make a potato container garden.
Herb Container Gardening - Growing Herbs in Container Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens gives advice on herbs in container gardens.

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