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For both a productive and beautiful vegetable garden, you know, your garden doesn't have
to stop at the edge of the bed. You watched us design and build this house in 150 days,
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Don't get me wrong, I love my raised vegetable beds in this part of the garden. But, you
know, I'm always looking for ways to grow more things to eat. That's why I turned to
containers like this. You know, there are a lot of reasons to garden in containers.
If you don't have a lot of space, containers are perfect. Don't have a lot time? It doesn't
take much time to plant up a container like this. And, hey, you don't have to weed them.
The other thing you wanna keep in mind when gardening in containers is you wanna good
size container so that the plants don't dry out and they have plenty of soil volume to
grow into. This size container is about a 20 inch terra cotta pot, and notice that I
have a saucer here at the bottom. That helps me keep the soil consistently moist, which
is very important. You also wanna pay attention to the soil you use in containers. You see
there's soils that are blended for container gardening. These are the ones you wanna go
for because you get really good drainage. Alright, now let's talk about other reasons
why one might wanna use containers in a garden. There are decorative reasons. You see, I've
used ten containers along this walk in this garden. It splits the garden in half. So on
this side, I have two raised beds and five containers. And on this side, I have two raised
beds and five containers. And, you see, these containers create a certain sort of cadence
or rhythm along this pathway, which just adds to the charm of the garden. Hey, if you're
enjoying these segments on how to grow some of your own food in a decorative and fun way,
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