What makes container gardening special is being able to add your own personal touch to your plants. Through your plant containers, you’re able to add your own story and rekindle memories of the past whilst creating new ones. Imagine some beautiful greens and colors acontrasted to an old rusty treasure? You bet, it should be amazing!

Check out these crafty DIY projects to kick start your container gardening journey.

1. Wagon wheel container garden
2. Wine cork mini planters
3. Tea time planters
4. Jello mold umbrella stand planter
5. Repurposed guitar planter
6. Hanging basketball planter
7. Bird cage container garden
8. Roof vent verticle garden
9. Chandelier hanging basket
10. Old wheelbarrows as container gardens
11. Book planter
12. Purse planters

Read the full article here: https://www.thespruce.com/ideas-for-cheap-free-container-gardens-848030

No front yard? No backyard? No space big enough for a typical garden? No problem. With container gardening, you can enjoy gardening without having to worry about your limited space. Furthermore, you don’t even have to worry about shopping for containers anymore because you already have them at home!

Below are 10 best container vegetable gardening ideas you should try at home:

1. Bucket garden idea
2. Compost bag vegetable garden idea
3. Cheap grow bags made of fabric
4. Old tires garden idea
5. Plastic bottles garden idea
6. Vertical plastic bottles garden idea
7. One-pot herb garden idea
8. PVC pipes vegetable garden idea
9. An old tree container idea
10. Mason jar herb garden

Read the full article here: https://www.slickgarden.com/container-vegetable-gardening-ideas/

According to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), the perfect indoor crop for home gardeners is microgreens. Microgreens are fast-grown vegetables in miniature form, highly concentrated with nutrients. They are perfect for indoor gardening, let alone, container gardening.

With only few supplies needed like: tray, potting soil, black plastic mat, seeds, and a sunny spot, you can easily plant your own microgreen at home. What’s even better is that in only 2 weeks or less, you can already harvest the fruits of your labor.

7 steps of growing microgreens:

1. Find a south-facing window with plenty of sunlight or install an inexpensive grow light (e.g., mounted under a kitchen cabinet).
2. Place an inch of potting soil in the tray and smooth it out as evenly as possible.
3. Scatter seeds over the surface of the soil, densely and evenly.
4. Sprinkle a thin layer of soil over the seeds and gently spray or mist the surface with water.
5. Place the black mat over the tray to accelerate seed germination.
6. Pull back the mat to mist the seeds. Do this a couple of times a day to keep the soil evenly moist.
7. One or two days after germination, remove the mat and expose the sprouts to sunlight or the grow light.

Read the full article here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2020/04/24/how-to-grow-microgreens/