Around The Bend July 2019

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Are you limited on space and want to garden on your balcony ? Would you like to have some fresh veggies and herbs right next to your kitchen door ? Container gardening will fill your needs and can be very rewarding at harvest time ! SELECT COMPACT PLANTS Bush – type plants are better suited for limited space when container gardening . Here are some vegetables commonly available in bush form : Beans – Bush Blue Lake and Black Wax Pencil Pod Tomatoes ( Determinates ) – Roma Plum , Yellow Plum , Tomato 444 , Bradley Pink , Carnival , Chello , Patio , Tomato Health Kick , Marglobe , and Rutger ’ s Select Cucumbers – Bush Pickle Squash – Peter Pan and Aristocrat Zucchini Variety is the spice of life . Use a mix of veggies and herbs in your containers . Pot up a salsa garden with tomatoes , hot peppers , cilantro , oregano , onions , chives , and garlic . What could be fresher , tastier and healthier than veggies and herbs you just harvested from your container garden !