As the weather continues to warm up, most of us have decided weather we are going to use the garden space we already have in our yards, carve out new gardens, expand the ones we have, do container gardening, or combine any or all of the previously listed...

For those of doing container gardening there are a few important items to check through. It is said that anything that can grow in the ground can grow in a container. However we need to look at the type of soil to use in a container, and the size of the container.

This web site offers great information on the type of soil for container gardening and why.

Container gardening-soil

This site gives an over view of soil, pot types, location and extending the growing season when fall arrives.

Containers...

Here are some sites for container sizes... some have been used in previous posts.

Container size scroll down to the bottom of the link page
Container sizes and amount of soil needed for mature plants