Mary asks…
What are some easy flowers to grow outside in pots?
I live in Las Vegas, and we do not have a garden area. I would like to grow some flowers in pots and keep them on the patio. What flowers would be good for that? Our patio gets bright sunshine AND plenty of shade.
GardenersCardiff answers:
We have your kind of weather too. My hubby and I do lots of container gardening…..even vegetables. You can grow anything you like in pots. Here is our method (USA):
Plastic pots 14 inches across the top.
Holds 25 pounds potting soil-we use Miracle-Gro Potting Soil with Plant Food for flowers (not vegetables-ask the clerk at the nursery for vegetable potting soil).
Mix water crystals into the top six inches of potting soil-these hold water so you do not have to water more than once per week when the temperatures hit 100 degrees.
Water well and leave it alone for a few days so the crystals can absorb the water. Do not plant or the swelling crystals will push your flowers up and out of the potting soil.
After a few days, mix 4 tablespoons Osmocote flower fertilizer into the top four inches of potting soil. Water in well and wait a day or so. There is also a vegetable Osmocote fertilizer. (Read and follow the directions on the container just in case your container is different from ours.)
Now you can plant. Water well.
Every 14 days fertilize with liquid fertilizer – we use Miracle-Gro Bloom Booster.
Check for a vegetable liquid fertilizer.
Stop fertilizing one month before your first autumn frost. But keep watering.
Let your flowers go to sleep after the first frost or take them indoors and place in a south facing window (sunny window).
Lightly water through the winter months, but do not fertilize.
Do not put back outside until all frost has past. We usually wait till the nights have reached 68 or 70 degrees.
Add the Osmocote fertilizer again each spring (or other good flowering fertilizer).
When flowers start failing, change the potting soil’s top 1/3 or 1/2, mix in well, add new water crystals, add fertilizer. Buy new plants. This is usually done every third spring.
Hint: Always water till it runs out the bottom. Wait a few minutes and then water again. This only need to be done about once per week to ten days when using the water crystals.
Take a look at this self watering large container, we love ours:
http://www.earthbox.com
Send for free gardening catalogs to get use to the different types of flowers and colors:
http://www.parkseed.com
http://www.burpee.com
(there are hundreds more free catalogs, google “free gardening catalongs” )
Happy gardening to you.
Laura asks…
How do you get the Pikmin Garden in Animal Crossing?
I saw this one person with the Pikmin Garden in Animal Crossing City Folk and I wanted to know how to get it. I looked it up and it said as a Special Event in Animal Crossing Wild World or to hack it in. What is the hack code? Thanks.
GardenersCardiff answers:
It definitely wasn’t from an event. I hacked it myself in Wild World and then when I sent one of my characters from Wild World over to City Folk that had had the Pikmin garden it automatically appeared in her catalog. But there is no code you can type or punch in, if that’s what you mean. You will have to buy an Action Replay and then download the hack/code for the Pikmin garden.
Your best option is to have that person buy it for you from their catalog.
James asks…
How do I harvest and dry my chamomile?
I am a first time gardener, and I have some idea of what to do…but I don’t know if I need to make any preperation for drying, or if I should hang dry stalks. I realy need some help because I can’t find any answers in herb books.
Thank you so much for your aid in my gardening.
God bless you
K.K.
GardenersCardiff answers:
The easiest way to do this is to use a chamomile rake, a short, scoop-like rake that you drag across the plants, and it just harvests the flowers. You can find them in most gardening catalogs, Johnny’s Selected Seeds I know for sure has them. Barring that, though, you just want the flowers, so just pick of as many as you need, just pinch them off below the flower, and spread them out on an old window screen in a dry, well-ventilated corner of your house or garage. Food dehydrators also work well for this. Let them dry for a week or two, and store them in a not completely air tight container-don’t use plastic bags, as the chamomile can mold without a small amount of airflow. There you go, good luck!
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Chris asks…
Name ideas for a weekly/monthly gardening magazine???!!!?
For my Media homework, I have to design a front cover for a specific target audience. I’ve decided to do 40+ males and female, and for the idea of the magazine I’ve got a gardening magazine which comes monthly/weekly. I can’t think of a good name for the magazine and it has to be shortish and snappy and something that sticks in your head easily. I don’t really want it to be Gardening Weekly/Monthly and I would prefer it to have alliteration in it(doesn’t matter if it doesn’t though).
I’ve got two names but they’re kinda lame :
Gardening Group
Plants
As you can probably see by the quality of the names I thought of I’m kinda desperate ha ha!!
Thanks in advance, also the name I use gets best answer! xx
GardenersCardiff answers:
-Gardening Mania
-Flower Garden
-Simple Garden Designs
-Flower Mania
-Men Can Garden Too [[haha]]
-His/Her Gardening Guide
James asks…
Is there a place where I can sell my manga books and magazines for cash?
Is there a place near Garden City Park where I can sell my manga books and magazines for cash?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Ebay.com or Sell.com
Ruth asks…
Non-traditional methods for gardening?
I have tons of pavement/concrete area on my property, but only a small section of soil-type land for a potential garden. I’m struggling whether I should put a garden in the remaining small area of soil area that I have, or whether there are “non-traditional” methods for growing some basic fruits/veggies. I was looking through a few gardening magazines, and many people had luck with large pot-type planters (which I can put anywhere on my property). Anyone have success with gardening out of planters, or any other method besides the good ol’ ground method? If so, what kind of herbs, fruits, veggies? Thanks.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Container gardening is very popular.
My hubby and I do lots of container gardening…..even vegetables. Here is our method (USA):
Plastic pots 14 inches across the top.
Holds 25 pounds potting soil-we use Miracle-Gro Potting Soil with Plant Food for flowers (not vegetables-ask the clerk at the nursery for vegetable potting soil).
Mix water crystals into the top six inches of potting soil-these hold water so you do not have to water more than once per week when the temperatures hit 100 degrees.
Water well and leave it alone for a few days so the crystals can absorb the water. Do not plant or the swelling crystals will push your flowers up and out of the potting soil.
After a few days, mix 4 tablespoons Osmocote flower fertilizer into the top four inches of potting soil. Water in well and wait a day or so. There is also a vegetable Osmocote fertilizer. (Read and follow the directions on the container just in case your container is different from ours.)
Now you can plant. Water well.
Every 14 days fertilize with liquid fertilizer – we use Miracle-Gro Bloom Booster.
Check for a vegetable liquid fertilizer.
Stop fertilizing one month before your first autumn frost. But keep watering.
Let your flowers go to sleep after the first frost or take them indoors and place in a south facing window (sunny window).
Lightly water through the winter months, but do not fertilize.
Do not put back outside until all frost has past. We usually wait till the nights have reached 68 or 70 degrees.
Add the Osmocote fertilizer again each spring (or other good flowering fertilizer).
When flowers start failing, change the potting soil’s top 1/3 or 1/2, mix in well, add new water crystals, add fertilizer. Buy new plants. This is usually done every third spring.
Hint: Always water till it runs out the bottom. Wait a few minutes and then water again. This only need to be done about once per week to ten days when using the water crystals.
Happy gardening to you.
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