Plants
7 Easy Plants for Fish Aquariums
Balcony container gardeners who live in apartments may not have a lot of space for extra plants or for pets, but fish aquariums are compact places to keep both pets and plants. Here are seven easy plants you can grow in your fish aquarium.
Transplanting Aloe Vera
I bought a small aloe vera plant and transplanted it from the small container it was in to a larger one, and I wanted to know if there was anything I could do to help it establish and grow. Also, is there anything I should watch out for or avoid doing?
Five Great Succulents for the Garden
Succulent plants are wonderful plants with lots of character, especially for a Southwestern garden. They do well in hot, dry climates, and they fit into the look of many Southwestern-style buildings that have stucco walls and Spanish Mission-style tiles. Although succulent plants are hardy and easy to care for. Five great succulent plants for container gardens are Crassula 'Morgan's Beauty,' tree aeonium, Echeveria spp., jelly bean plant and string of beads plant.
Heirloom Cultivars for the Balcony Garden
The following heirloom cultivars are popular with container plant gardeners because of their great taste. Try one of these great heirlooms in your garden this season!
10 Best Container Plants for Vegetable Gardens
Vegetable gardens are a great way to get fresh, healthy food from your own backyard. What could be more fresh that picking a ripe heirloom tomato from your small apartment garden, slicing it up and eating it on a sandwich… all within five minutes of picking it! Growing great organic vegetables is easy and very rewarding. Once you take a bite into a freshly picked vegetable from your own vegetable garden, you’ll know that your work throughout the growing season was worth it.
