skilbeau
Assistant Cook
Well I definately woudn't say that I have a green thumb so I was a bit hesitant in starting up a garden, much less one in containers. After reading a few articles and hearing about peoples success stories I decided what the heck.
As of right now I have two tomato plants each with 3 or 4 tiny tomatoes growing on them. I have three bell pepper plants, one yellow, green, and red, which are all starting to bloom. I have a couple of chilli peppers, cayenne peppers, and jalapeno peppers that are producing quite a few peppers. Lastly I have a couple of containers with rosemary, thyme, sweet basil, and oregeno that are doing pretty good.
I was really surprised with how well everything took off. Does anyone here have any sugestions on other veggies that are fairly easy to grow in containers? I'm becoming addicted to my little garden!
As of right now I have two tomato plants each with 3 or 4 tiny tomatoes growing on them. I have three bell pepper plants, one yellow, green, and red, which are all starting to bloom. I have a couple of chilli peppers, cayenne peppers, and jalapeno peppers that are producing quite a few peppers. Lastly I have a couple of containers with rosemary, thyme, sweet basil, and oregeno that are doing pretty good.
I was really surprised with how well everything took off. Does anyone here have any sugestions on other veggies that are fairly easy to grow in containers? I'm becoming addicted to my little garden!
I grow tomatoes in containers with great success. I do grow them in a 8' x 10' green house because we have such a short season. With a fan in the summer and a oil heater when it gets colder. I also have a wireless thermometer to monitor green house. It gets so hot even with venting and the fan it can still top over 120 degrees at times. I actually attach a white sheet on the top of green house to keep the temp down. If your containers are not too big you can grow in a sunny place in the house. There are two types of plants you can get determinates which grow a one heavy crop but then die or you can grow indeterminates that produce fruit all summer long. I like the second of the two kinds tomatoes just because they keep producing. I am in no way a gardener but have done well with tomatoes. Of course then you get into all the varieties of tomatoes heirloom/hybrids etc and thats where I get totally lost. Would love to grow other things like carrots, swiss chard etc but don't have the room I do grow herbs in the house especially sweet basil which I turn into pesto. Have a tiny patch of chives out side that come back every year. If you love pesto it's worth it to grow alot of basil to make and freeze your own pesto.
