Growing perennials in containers is not difficult and allows those with limited space such as a deck, patio or balcony to enjoy their produce.

0:24 The Benefits of Perennials
0:32 The Benefits of Container Gardening
0:40 Types of perennial fruit producing crops that does well in containers
1:23 Container size
2:31 Soil for perennials in containers
3:20 Feeding and fertilizing during the season
4:29 Long term maintenance of potted perennials
5:18 Winter protection (high zone and hardy)
6:28 Bringing Plants in during the Winter
6:54 Leaving the Plant outside
7:12 Closing

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Plants in containers that are exposed to hot sunny weather without regular access to water can quickly dry out and become unhealthy.

Self watering pots are an affordable solution that provide a slow release of water to your plants as they need it.

In this short video we provide easy-to-follow instructions showing how to make your own self-watering containers to keep your plants watered even during the hottest period of the year.

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This week I don’t have much to do in the garden so I pruned and trained my grapes, pruned my tomatoes and spent some time enjoying the garden.

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It’s been a very busy couple of weeks for me and something had to give. This time it was my bees. I visited them for the first time after a couple of weeks and found that one of my colonies had been very busy indeed. Not only filling the empty super I’d not taken off the hive with fresh honeycomb, but also building comb into a space that I’d forgotten to leave a frame. Doh!

Here’s how I crushed the capped comb and strained it to extract the honey. Read more here:
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In my Zone 3 garden June has brought some heat and much needed rain. With the garden completely planted It is time to start reaping the benefits of my hard work.

In Zone 3 in Early June most gardeners are watching their garden grow but harvesting is still a while off yet. One of my goals this year was to harvest more over a longer season. So far this season I am off to a great start especially with the uncharacteristically warm spring we have had. I have been harvesting for a few weeks but things have picked up recently.

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potatoes are one of my favorite crops to grow and harvest in my urban garden. Today I am going to show you how I grow my potatoes and double my harvest without having to increase the number of grow bags or space needed.

I start my potatoes in grow bags in the garage usually 4 weeks before the last frost usually in early April. I fill the bags with 1/2 potting mix and 1/2 compost. The compost feeds the plants while the potting mix holds water. I fill them 3/4 the way full.

I then toss a whole seed potato in the soil and just cover it completely. If the eyes are large enough I allow some of the eyes to poke above the soil. Those eyes will form the plant. The extra bag is fairly easy to roll down helping to prevent shading the early growth. it is important to start your potatoes as early as you can in order for this method to work.

During the day I bring the potatoes out onto the drive way returning them at night until the last frost. Once the threat of frost has passed I put them in the garden area.

When the plants are 30cm or 12 inches tall I add more compost and potting soil to mound them. This protects the potatoes growing below from greening which ruins them and can cause irritation if eaten. I don’t fill the bags however all of the way though and you will see why in a minute.

Before I get to the tip to double the potato harvest I would like to speak about potatoes in general. Most seed potatoes you can purchase such as these Rosemarie, which are pink and Purple Magic are determinant varieties. What that means is you plant them and they put on one crop all at the same time.

The rosemarie potatoes are a faster producing than the purple magic helping me spread the harvests out. I should be able to harvest these from Mid-July through to late September.

In order to spread out the harvest and double up on crops I have done a few things.

The first is doubling up on the crop I get per bag.

These two varieties are determinant so the first plant I just hilled will only produce one crop below where we hilled up the soil. Meaning you can plant another seed potato above the first effectively allowing you to double up your plants per container and hence the harvest.

So when hilling I don’t fill the bags all the way and plant the second seed potato again with some eyes pointing up. After these plants grow I will top off the containers.

I dont do this with all of my potato bags. In fact I chose these 11 litre or 3 gallon 100 percent recycled fabric pots so that I can harvest them earlier than the ones I doubled up on. As you all know I love to spread my harvest out.

It is time to harvest the double bags when the second plant begins to die back.

This method can be done if you are growing your potatoes in raised beds or rows. Simply hill your potatoes and plant the new seeds between the plants.

Container Potato Growing Episode:
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Container Growing for Beginners:
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When you hire a water feature artist to build your new backyard aquatic paradise, what can you expect your backyard to look like during the process? Atlantis Water Gardens in Denville, NJ walks through the ins and outs of building a backyard pond.

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Where would we be without plant pots? We use them to grow young plants and to bring on delicious salads, vegetables and fruits. But what do you do with your pots once your plants have outgrown them?

Reusing plastic plant pots in the garden is not only environmentally friendly, it can save you money, make some gardening tasks easier, and even help to make your garden more beautiful.

In this short video we demonstrate six ingenious and easy-to-follow ways to breathe new life into your old pots.

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In my first video, I showed how you can cut down a wooden pallet and use it to construct a Strawberry Pallet Planter ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3eKc0eFbIA ). In this video, I show how to plant it with up to 20 strawberry plants. This planter is ideal for those who would like to grow berries on their patio or in a small space. It also helps to keep the ripe berries off the ground and safe from slugs and snails.

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