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quinn1
Posts: 4483
Location: Boston
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No - not that...
IN POTS.
Since I don't have a huge place of my own where I could get some great and wonderful garden going I generally plant items in pots for around the patio.
Even my lovely tomatoes. Nothing says summer like a garden fresh tomato. Must get going on tomato plants here shortly!
I've also done peppers and all kinds of flowers in pots.
How about you?
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boomerang
Posts: 12248
Location: CHS
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I was going to do a container garden this year because my backyard is so shady.
Then I realized just how frikken expensive big pots are!
Now I'm digging out the grass along my driveway and I'm going to buck the system by having a front yard garden. (Oh my! What will the neighbors think?)
I do have a lot of potted plants on my front porch though.
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cjhsa
Posts: 20849
Location: Presently in Michigan
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I grew a lemon tree in a pot in CA.
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dyslexia
Posts: 25024
Location: Wolf Hole, Arizona
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lady Diane's herb garden is almost totally in large pots.
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shewolfnm
Posts: 20066
Location: That big ole bully state of Texas..
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I have not spent more then 3 or 4 dollars on large pots.
I look at craiglist, yard sales, goodwill etc.
I refuse to pay 30.00 and higher for something that is going to hold dirt
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quinn1
Posts: 4483
Location: Boston
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fishin and I picked up these orange party bucket thingys at like Building 19 or Ocean State Job Lot.....I think all together they might have been 20 or 30....I love the big pretty pots but I'm not paying for them either.
Front yard gardens all are the rage. I was watching something with curb side gardening coming popular somewhere - that little green space between the sidewalk and the curb? Odd.
A tree in a pot must be dang interesting to move around but, I like the idea!
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shewolfnm
Posts: 20066
Location: That big ole bully state of Texas..
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Not to mention , for certain herbs that you may not use alot.. but are really hardy.. like Rosemary..
You dont have to have them in a 'pot'
I have mine in a white metal small change bucket that is really pretty.
I have also used oversize coffee cups, old watering cans.. etc..
Lemme see if I can snap a picture or two 
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cjhsa
Posts: 20849
Location: Presently in Michigan
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I had a rosemary bush in CA that was about 5'x5'x5' and it wasn't the climbing variety either. It was a monster.
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quinn1
Posts: 4483
Location: Boston
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I tried to make a pot out of my old chimenea last year but, that didn't work so well.
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shewolfnm
Posts: 20066
Location: That big ole bully state of Texas..
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I forget what this plant is.. but it is EXCELLENT for beans.
You just cut off one leaf and put it into the water while you boil your beans and OHH man..
I used it on black beans the other day and fell in love.
But.. the pot?
I found that at goodwill for 29. cents.
I drilled a hole in the bottom right in the center and pushed the bottom down so that there is abit of a slope in the bottom of the pot.
I put 2 smooth rocks on the bottom before I fill it with dirt, and it drains very well.
I did some what the same for this pot.---
( I found it at a garage sale for 10 cents I think )
It holds Jillians flowers.
Again.. holes in the bottom, with a few rocks to help the soil drain
And my rosemary.. ( I actually clip from this often) is in a small tin can that was sold at bed bath and beyond as a mini trash can, on clearance for 1.50 .
Due to the dark red color.. it gets hot quickly so I keep the pot surrounded by other smaller lighter colors and I let the dirt completely dry between waterings.
Again..holes in the bottom of the pot..a couple rocks..
This thing has been alive in this pot for.. 3 years ? Almost? maybe longer..
And like a typical woman (>snort) I grow chocolate -
hehe
they are called chocolate tips.
They are beautiful flowers that have fresh,bright white leaves with a dark rich chocolate colored center.
They are about to bloom yet again this year! They are LOVELY.. but smell horrid.. 
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:48 am 
