Container Gardening Month by Month

by Gloria Daniels

Successfully maintain your container gardens using professional landscapers' secret methods
Do you love container gardening, but have a difficult time keeping everything looking great?
Do you often wonder what you should be doing when, so that everything is on schedule and all parts are working together to create a beautiful picture?
Do you envy people in your neighborhood that always seem to have their garden containers looking their professional best?


Then this is the book for you. Container gardening is gardening at its most versatile. One of its main advantages is its mobility. Plants not doing well? Maybe they prefer shade. Having a party? Move some garden containers onto the patio or deck for instant color. Tired of the view and want a change? Move your garden containers around to provide a fresh new look to your outdoor living area.


Whether you are growing plants in hanging baskets, tubs, window boxes or other containers this hobby is immensely gratifying. If you are new to container gardening and buy your containers pre-planted, you get a sense of instant gratification and fulfillment. It won't be long however, before you are hit with the gardening virus and you'll find yourself expanding to one more pot and then again, one more container. Before you know it, the urge to plant and nurture will take over. At this point, you need a garden plan for your container garden.


Use this monthly container gardening checklist to keep your containers at peak performance.


When do I plant spring bulbs in containers?
When do I perk up my annual plantings with some new varieties?
What do I do with container plants I want to save over winter?


These and many other questions are answered in this container gardening book. At the beginning of the month, check out the tasks and tips on the schedule. You may find items you never thought of and may also learn techniques used by professional gardeners and landscapers that will make your container gardens the envy of the neighborhood.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference, Ebooks, How To, Plants

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First published May 21, 2013

About the author

Gloria Daniels has been cooking and gardening for over 50 years. She has been involved in all phases of these activities and has always followed the latest trends in cooking and gardening to find the best techniques for achieving the best results. She loves sharing her passion and helping other people learn the joys of creative activities.
She is interested in all phases of home and garden topics. Gloria has built a popular website Home Decorating Room by Room.com
Gloria has written many articles in the home and garden field. She has contributed to many home decorating and gardening magazines, blogs and websites.
She has been married for over 50 years. She raised 6 children and has 9 grandchildren. In her spare time she enjoys hobbies of quilting and watercolor painting. Her favorite activity is traveling across the country with her husband, Arthur, visiting with her family and friends.

Reviews

[Emma]

Marginally useful

I saw a book on container gardening and thought, "hey, a guide to gardening I can use." This book is not what I expected or needed. It's about 100% flower growing, not gardening, which is about growing vegetables and fruits. I suppose if you want pretty flowers, this is the book for you. Looking to make your containers produce food, look elsewhere.

[Jessica]

I’m new’ish to container gardening and there are a few techniques I’ll need to research, so it’s not a comprehensive guide for a novice. Despite the publication date, this book really holds up. She really breaks down what to do and when, making gardening much more doable. And the hyperlinks in the Kindle version are still relevant.

A month-by-month checklist at the end the end would be a great add to any new edition but looking forward to reading others in this series. The 2nd is “How to Keep a Garden Journal” and the timing for both these books are perfect for me, as I’m starting my own container garden this weekend. 🪴 🍅 🌿

[Charissa Wilkinson]

Overview: It's finally time. You have a patio, a balcony, or simply a front porch or deck. And you want to have a garden. Mrs. Daniels has a way to have a garden no matter how big of a space you have. After all, it just depends on what your container looks like.

Dislikes: I was not able to find much at all to dislike here.

Likes: There are several items that were suggested to be done over a three month period. This gives you plenty of time to accomplish your tasks.

Plus, depending on where you are located, the weather expectations of each month can be funny.

Conclusion: This is a great book for the new gardener. Perhaps we can all do a better job in our gardens this year.

[Doniell]

Good but ...

Unlike that this book gives practical tips on what to do throughout the year for container gardening. However, there are grammatical errors, missing links and missing punctuation that can make it a bit annoying to read. Additionally, there is quite a bit of repetition at the beginnings of chapters. It would have worked better to have formula written each month rather than repeat the same observations.

[Susan]

If you live in the NW, luv flowers ...

... and want to grow them in containers; this book might be for you. If you live elsewhere and don't want to fool with figuring out grow times in your zone, and/or if you're looking to grow food in containers (my reason for the rating given) - then give this book a pass. The author seems decent tho, and I believe they have a book dedicated to that subject too, if you're interested.

[John Lambert]

Liked it

I enjoyed it.
It might not be suitable for all USDA zones, but I would still suggest it to everyone. I personally am suitable for life & gardening in zones 3-7. The book reminds of home, which does mean its suitable for the mainstream everyday gardener or those interested.

[Dawn Henderson]

Container Gardening Month by Month

I really liked Gloria telling us what needs to be done month by month for a container gardening. It is very detailed. It helped me to understand container gardening much better. I recommend this book, especially if you are just starting out as a seasoned gardener.

[Emma Que]

Interesting but not very useful

I like the calendar based format and suggested plans. It feels like a lot of underlying assumptions about your garden knowledge and regional weather are being made. However I'm a noob from Tx so I may be biased

[Gina Hall]

Wonderfully detailed information.

This a wonderful detailed book. Lots of great tips and sound knowledge. However if you live in southern or coastal areas you'll need to move up and extend your time tables just a little.

[Gary Clark]

Month by Month

This book breaks down gardening month by month. I'm new to gardening, a couple of years now, and I started out with containers.

This book has given me some more knowledge and I'm looking forward to putting it to use.

[Joel Smith]

Finally a book that helps! With FLOWERS

I love how Mrs. Gloria explains before and during plants care. And we can save time during our holidays with going month to month on easy work each month to clean, plant, and move to keep.our flowers growing! All year round.

[EvilWebBoy]

Very well organized and detailed. I learned some new things I never knew.

[Stacy]

Great book!

I love this month to month book! Very easy to understand, short and to the point. I highly recommend this book for garden planting tips!

[April]

Interesting, but not helpful for my purpose.

[Dejaa Parish]

Nice little refernce book for ideas and tips on container gardening. One that I will be referring back to for years.

[Angie Hester]

Ok.

[Joe]

It's all about flowers, not growing plants or veg in pots like I expected. Be aware. Not badly written though.

[Chris Coleman]

I really liked the month by month approach to the book with tasks and ideas that did not seem over whelming. This is a great resource I will be using this year.

[Crysa James]

ideal for procrastinators

Quite a bit of information packed into a quick read. Great tips. Especially like how easy it is to navigate this book as a reference.

[Sheila Metcalf]

Fantastic monthly guide for container gardening! Packed with practical tips. A must-have for any gardener. Highly recommended!

[Rhonda Dodson]

Interesting layout

It has an interesting and helpful layout for you to plan your gardening activities with planting suggestions for various types of containers.

[Leland Barta]

Informative

A very good read with information about growing flowers and herbs in a limited space or indoor growing area. I recommend this book.

[Jackson]

Going to try of of these great ideas and calendars

[Julie Barrett]

Container Gardening Month by Month by Gloria Daniels
Free calender offer, and table of contents is broken up by months of the year.
Intro talks about zone you are in so you make sure you get right things for it, to grow properly.
Starts out talking about planning, seed catalogs, inventory of pots you have.
Love that it not only talks about flower seeds but how to germinate them and also vegetable seeds and bulbs.
Tiny pictures along the way. About the author is included at the end.

[Ursula Shelton]

This book on container gardening was great. It told you specific things to do for your container garden every month. From purchasing seeds to fertilizing soil to composting It covered the full gamet of container gardening. Yes, I would recommend this book to people that are new to gardening.

[Mary Doss]

using this to produce food for the winter in the house! very exciting.