Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Participating In The Container Gardening Portland OR Residents Appreciate

By Daphne Bowen


Portland OR has a reputation for being an extremely green city. Not only because there are more parks or green spaces per person than any other city in the United States, but because it practices as many green technologies as it can. It is named The Rose City, after all, so nature is on every residents mind. Recycling is a major cause and is reinforced by the frequency of pickups, which is more than the trash pickups. The container gardening Portland OR residents love to participate in fits this city like a glove.

This type of gardening used to be used only when people did not have a lot of space to set up a regular garden in their yard. This is still a pretty good use of this system for growing smaller groups of vegetables and herbs for the kitchen and also for those small yards and for apartment dwellers. There are a lot of apartment complexes in the area.

Portland, OR also has all of the places you need to obtain the containers you need. You need containers that can hold the soil and or potting soil necessary when it comes to providing moisture and nutrients the plants need. You will be able to find some of these already constructed and you can find the materials to make them yourself.

Wine barrels are often used for this gardening and can be purchased from some of the outlet stores and from some of the specialty stores. These barrels can be cut in half, providing two containers and can be bought from the wineries in town. The wineries, very often praised for their uniqueness in wine circles, are located in the close in northeast part of town, next to the river.

For small herbs and some spices, you can use large plastic buckets. This is especially appropriate if you are not concerned about the looks. By using commercially available terracotta and other types of decorative pots, surrounding a larger pot or wine barrel half, you can decorate with these eatable plants.

Growing things this way opens a lot of options. These options involve not only the various ingredients for great food, but also great conversation starters. Pots and barrels on a porch, balcony or patio are a few of them, as well and a window box is another one. You would be surprised at what you can plant that can grow right outside of the window in the kitchen, ready for you to reach out and grab a handful.

Doing all you can that helps the environment and makes for healthy eating is what makes this style of gardening the right thing to do. Designing a garden that is actually fun can help you and your family learn something new. Getting in with the swing of things in this environmentally friendly city can assist you in making a contribution to your world.

These gardens are appreciated because of the organic nature of them. You will find, whether you live here, or not, that Portland has much diversity. The only thing that does not fall into this category is the way they all get together for shared gardens, shared values of sustainability and shared potting soil.




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