Container gardening guidance
Date posted: March 8, 2012
Photo courtesy of Kim RichterLettuce grown in author Kim Richter's container garden A new publication from N.C. Cooperative Extension gives Piedmont gardeners guidance on growing fruits, herbs and vegetables in containers.
The publication, “How to Create a Container Garden for Edibles in the North Carolina Piedmont” is now online at http://cals.ncsu.edu/hort_sci/extension/documents/ag-753.pdf.
It not only includes information on selecting a container, planting media and plants, it also includes design ideas for combinations of vegetables, fruits and herbs.
The publication was developed by Kim Richter, a recent graduate in horticultural science; Dr. Lucy Bradley, assistant professor and Extension specialist for urban horticulture; Dr. Mark Kistler, assistant professor of agricultural and Extension education; and Dr. Julie Sherk, assistant professor of horticultural science.
The related publication “Container Gardening Planting Calendar for Edibles in the N.C. Piedmont is available at http://cals.ncsu.edu/hort_sci/extension/documents/ag-748.pdf.
Category: Extension News, Lawn and Garden
2 Comments to Container gardening guidance
by milton keynes driveways
On March 9, 2012 at 9:01 pm
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by Cathy Dunne
On March 14, 2012 at 3:02 pm
I was excited to find this publication but unable to pull it up from the link shown. Could you possibly email it to me?
Thanks