Plants
How to Grow and Care for Swiss Chard in Containers
Intro: Chard plant varieties can have red, pink, yellow or orange stems, but white stems generally do the best when it comes to food crops in the kitchen garden. If you want to grow chard for ornamental purposes, choose a color that compliments your container garden. Swiss chard is a great source of vitamins A, C and K, minerals, fiber and protein, and it is considered to be one of the healthiest vegetables.
How to Grow and Care for Strawberries in Containers
Intro: Strawberries are a delicious and easy fruit to grow in a kitchen garden. Strawberry plants produce tiny white flowers, and quickly produce green berries that will turn red when ripe and ready to eat. Strawberry plants actually do best in plant containers, and benefit from being planted in a hanging container. Being raised off the ground reduces the chances that pests will damage it (e.g., slugs). As long as you keep your strawberry plant in a sunny spot in your balcony garden and make sure the potting soil doesn’t dry out, strawberry plants will thrive in your container garden.
15 Poisonous Container Plants
A few safety precautions need to be taken when keeping a beautiful balcony container garden: You must take care when lifting heavy plant containers or bags of potting soil, wear proper footwear outside, and be cautious of insects that may sting or bite you. But there are also safety considerations with the container plants themselves.
How to Grow Strawberries
Strawberries (Fragaria ananassa) are a delicious and easy perennial fruit to grow in a balcony container garden. Strawberry plants produce tiny white flowers, and quickly produce green berries that will turn red when ripe and ready to eat. This plant actually does best in plant containers, and they benefit from being planted in a hanging container. Being raised off the ground reduces the chances that garden pests will kill it (e.g., slugs). As long as you keep it in a sunny spot and make sure the potting soil doesn’t dry out, strawberry plants will thrive in your kitchen garden.
How to Grow and Care for Peas in Containers
Intro: Peas are a great cool-weather crop for a kitchen garden, but if you have a hankering for peas in warmer weather, make sure to get a heat-resistant pea variety. Choose English peas (to eat only the seeds), snow peas or snap peas (the pod and seeds can be eaten). Use a trellis, branches or sticks tied together, and guide the vines upward. They are great container plants that produce food in a short span of time.
