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What can be better than picking a fresh tomato for your salad? Or maybe picking a fresh tomato and stuffing it with something fresh and lively? Many people would say nothing!Fresh fruits and vegetables are incredible in both color and flavor, and none are better than a tomato. In the past, people who lived in apartments found it impossible to plant or maintain a garden because of lack of space.Creative people discovered a way to grow tomatoes in limited space, and tomato container gardening became an instant success.Growing tomatoes in a container means , planting tomato in a containers of any size. They are especially handy when space is limited. You can plant a tomato container garden in small buckets, or large containers, it depends on how much space you have.If you have a balcony, a tomato container garden would grow very well, the only thing you have to remember to do is water it and turn the container so all of the plants receive the benefit of sunlight.To plant a tomato container garden, all you need is a container, preferably non-metal, potting soil, and a few small rocks to insure proper drainage.The soil can be purchased at any home .. more »

Bonsai is a Japanese art form consisting of developing miniature trees which are grown in containers.Bonsai dates back a thousand years and has methods and aesthetics which are unique and which stem from the specific needs of the art form.A mature Bonsai tree may be several hundreds years old and been passed down from gardener to gardener.Many years ago, I was interested in the art of Bonsai. I remember diligently searching for information and discovering the small leaflets put out by the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.While I eventually located those hard to find, but exceedingly useful leaflets, regrettably, my attempts at cultivating Bonsai were not successful, in part because I had no place to winter them in a protected environment.At that point, I was committed to living in apartments for the next several years, while I went through grad school and started my career, so I gave up on my Bonsai dreams and focused on house plants instead.At the time I was most interested in Bonsai, finding the books was challenging enough, but finding the proper tools was pretty much impossible!Now, thanks to the internet, there is even a variety of choices when looking for Bonsai Gardening Tools!Bonsai gardening is unlike .. more »