Destiny Survival

              This is the post I had hoped to get online yesterday because I do my Amazon Picks on Mondays. Better late than never in this case. It’s gardening season, and I think you’ll appreciate this week’s Pick of the Week, especially if you already do container gardening.

 Check out Jim Wilson’s Container Gardening: Soils, Plants, Care, and Sites, by Jim Wilson, host of PBS’s Victory Garden program from 1984-1994. The book may be 10 years old, but people are still buying it on Amazon.com and still getting good ideas from it.

            Though Wilson leans heavily toward growing flowers, shrubs and ornamentals, he does spend some time writing about vegetables. He also states the general idea that any kind of container will do for gardening, big or small, as long as you can drill some drainage holes in it. He describes growing tomatoes in 32 gallon garbage barrels. I like that idea.

            Though Wilson favors the artistic, there’s plenty of practical information in Jim Wilson’s Container Gardening, such as how to make your own potting soil mix. Though he discourages reusing soil mixes past the first season, he gives info on what to do to rejuvenate the soil for the next season.

  I reuse soil mix all the time and agree it’s important to add additional compost. I also add rock dust, which serves as a slow release fertilizer.

            One of the chapters in the book is devoted to making light weight concrete containers called “hypertufas.” There is also a mini encyclopedia of container friendly plants. He also lists plants grown by numerous botanical gardens throughout the country, reflecting what does well in our nation’s various climates.

            Jim Wilson’s Container Gardening is a very good resource for ideas. Explore various container possibilities, landscaping ideas, plants you didn’t know you could grow in containers, and more.

            To order your copy of Jim Wilson’s Container Gardening, click on the book’s image below. You’ll be taken to the Amazon.com page featuring the book where you can place your order. Why not add it to your survival gardening library today.

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