Comments on: Gardening on the cheap: Plant your own hanging baskets. http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/06/11/gardening-on-the-cheap-plant-your-own-hanging-baskets/ (Mostly) Organic Gardening in the Durham Region Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Sigrun http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/06/11/gardening-on-the-cheap-plant-your-own-hanging-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-7641 Sigrun Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:45:04 +0000 http://playinginthedirt.ca/?p=459#comment-7641 Even though we operate a greenhouse, I encourage folks to be creative with gardening, even though I don't always sell the fancy hanging basket. If you haven't found out the hard way, yet, test the hangers of your pots. We found that after 2 years in the sun they become brittle and snap in the wind. The pots last a bit longer. If your local greenhouse will sell them to you, buy wires instead, or maybe get a bit more inventive and figure out how to make hangers out of inexpensive chain. <em>Sigrun's last blog post..<a href='http://sproutsnknits.blogspot.com/2009/06/time-to-catch-up.html' rel="nofollow">Time to Catch Up</a></em> Even though we operate a greenhouse, I encourage folks to be creative with gardening, even though I don’t always sell the fancy hanging basket. If you haven’t found out the hard way, yet, test the hangers of your pots. We found that after 2 years in the sun they become brittle and snap in the wind. The pots last a bit longer. If your local greenhouse will sell them to you, buy wires instead, or maybe get a bit more inventive and figure out how to make hangers out of inexpensive chain.

Sigrun’s last blog post..Time to Catch Up

]]> By: Jennifer http://playinginthedirt.ca/2009/06/11/gardening-on-the-cheap-plant-your-own-hanging-baskets/comment-page-1/#comment-7580 Jennifer Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:09 +0000 http://playinginthedirt.ca/?p=459#comment-7580 Good for you for DIY! Another "cheap trick" for baskets: divide semi-invasive garden perennials for basket use. Most obvious that comes to mind is Creeping Jenny, which looks just as good as lime impomea - and it's free if you've got it growing in your yard. Replant or not at the end of the season. (I have also done this with Ribbon Grass, which is really invasive in the garden, but I think looks very nice in containers) <em>Jennifer's last blog post..<a href='http://ronypony.blogspot.com/2009/06/crown-of-thorns-sweet-potato.html' rel="nofollow">Crown of Thorns Sweet Potato</a></em> Good for you for DIY!

Another “cheap trick” for baskets: divide semi-invasive garden perennials for basket use. Most obvious that comes to mind is Creeping Jenny, which looks just as good as lime impomea – and it’s free if you’ve got it growing in your yard. Replant or not at the end of the season.

(I have also done this with Ribbon Grass, which is really invasive in the garden, but I think looks very nice in containers)

Jennifer’s last blog post..Crown of Thorns Sweet Potato

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