Container Gardening Ideas On Pinterest

With the Spring Season just around the corner, I can't help but think of gardening again. I mean, getting our garden ready, planting seeds indoors, all that stuff. Like I said before, we still have our own place in Kansas and this Spring Break we are heading back. And if the weather is right and the soil is dry, we will be able to till the garden, getting it ready for planting. But it won't be a huge garden this year though because we won't be around that long this summer to fully enjoy some fresh greens.

And with that said, I also want our own little garden where we live now in Wyoming. Since we are renting a house, we don't really get to make our own backyard garden, so I thought why not make a container garden instead. I have been collecting tin cans and egg cartons so I can use them to plant vegetables. Nothing really beats fresh veggies, especially if it is something that you planted and free from harsh chemicals. I have been searching on Pinterest for some Container Gardening ideas and inspiration and here are some of my favorites. 

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There are tons of container gardening ideas you can find on this site. 

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(sorry couldn't find the link. let me know if you, please. thanks)

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Self-Watering Storage Container Gardening

I also wanted to try planting carrots in pots because we have never really been successful in planting carrots in our garden. Also, because we do have a family of bunnies that love to visit our garden every day. And planting some potatoes too in a potato tower. I sure hope I could do all that. Here's what a potato tower looks like. 

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And gardening won't be fun and festive without these fun, colorful, easy to build wind chimes made out of cans to hang outside. Ahhhh... so many great ideas that I would love to do when warm weather sets in. How about you? Any gardening plans this year? 

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I also wanted to make this for my kids outside so they can have things to hit with and make music. 

While I was thinking about Spring and Gardening, I also remembered this video taken a couple years ago of my little man and his mud bath in our garden where we planted seeds. Enjoy! 

Our Old Place

These photos were taken a few weeks ago so a lot of these flowers have really bloomed and our fruits are really growing. We are excited for the fruit picking season again. This is why we can never leave this place so we decided to keep this property even though we moved to a new town. 

Finally! I have me some roses. They are lovely. 

Mr. B the husband is fixing his future vineyard. 

I love working in my garden. 

A box turtle. Don't worry, my boy was safe under my supervision. 

One of the many fruit trees we have in our yard. These are some green apples that are oh so sweet when ripe. 

My String Beans right now have already grown taller than this. 

Oh dear! What can I say? He loves playing in the mud. 

He loves to help me in the yard and we both planted some garlic and onions together. Thanks, my boy! 

Gooseberries! 

Out of five bamboos that we had, only one survived. Good thing it multiplied and someday we will have a bamboo privacy fence. 

Yes, we have a little trail that goes around our yard so my husband doesn't have to go on the road or the country road for a run. It is safe this way. About 8 laps around our yard is equal to a mile. 

The photo below was taken a few weeks ago so our garden right now has quite a few vegetables growing. 

Product Review: Small Gardenia Bonsai Tree

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I have always wanted to have my own Gardenia plant, in fact a friend of mine gave me a seedling a few years ago so I could grow my own Gardenia, but unfortunately it didn't make it. I have always loved that wonderful soft scent of the Gardenia blossoms. When I learned that The Soothing Company was going to send me a Gardenia Bonsai Tree, I was ecstatic. Gardenia and Bonsai trees are two of my favorites. I have always been fascinated by the art of making Bonsai Trees and just by the fact that they are unique and beautiful. I was very lucky when the Gardenia Bonsai tree already bloomed a few weeks ago, and I am crossing my toes and my fingers that it will live long enough. Thank you so much, The Soothing Company! Please read below for more features about the Gardenia Bonsai Tree.

The bonsai tree came with some instructions on how to take care of an indoor bonsai plant because plants do need some TLC.

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Project 14/366: Mushrooms

When my mom first introduced me to some wild mushrooms, I did not like it. I thought it was just wrong to eat it as it was like eating rubber. My mom really did cook it well and with flavor, but it was just me being stubborn and didn't want to try something new. I didn't give up though because I gave it a try the next time my mom went picking for some mushrooms and cooked it. She was the one that can identify the edible ones from not. Since then, I had acquired a taste for mushrooms and I love it. I love to put mushrooms in pasta, pizza, soup and in any dish that I can mix it in with. It is so good and it is also a perfect substitute for meat if you are a vegetarian, I think.

When I got here to the USA six years ago, my husband introduced me to this lovely wild mushrooms. One day he said; "Honey, let's go to the farm and look for some mushrooms to eat." I was so excited to go mushroom hunting with him as I had never seen these mushrooms before, but when I first saw these babies I was hesitant to even touch it let alone eat it. They are bright and looks like poisonous, but I was crazy enough to trust him. Well, he was right. These mushrooms were edible and good to eat.  The way he prepared the mushrooms was by breading it and frying it. Yum!

I didn't know what the name of these mushrooms at first, but the husband said they are Russula Sanguinea or they called it "Red-capped jobbers". I hope it is right, but anyway we ate these and I am still here breathing and alive.

So cute!

Look at how much we harvested!

These on the other hand are not the edible kind. They grow under the trees and they were just so pretty to look at and take pictures of. 

(Not edible) 

Enjoy the weekend!

Note: If you see a mushroom in your area that looks like this, but you are not an expert at identifying edible mushrooms from not, please don't pick it up. Make sure that you know the type of mushroom before messing with it. Just because I posted this on my blog and told you that we ate it, doesn't mean you have to eat it as well. Ask someone who knows about mushrooms because the ones you see from your area maybe a different type of mushroom and could be poisonous. It is always good to be sure and safe. Thank you!