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About me: I live in a congested northwest side neighborhood and have absolutely no yard to grow plants but I do have a parkway, the land between the sidewalk and the street. Over the years I developed the parkway with trees and bushes and some perennials so there's nothing to do there anymore. Four years ago I expanded on the roof and do 100% container gardening. Pictures of the last few years are on my web site. I build most of my own containers and all trellises.

My zone is: z5 Chicago
GardenWeb Member: 2005-06-01
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Commented: LARGE Containers Not sure what you consider inexpensive but I'm retiring all my plastic containers and going all wood over the next 3-5 years. An 8' 1x6 treated wood plank runs around $5. To make an 18" high, 2' ...
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Commented: Messed up my containers - Help me plan for next season! I would replace topsoil and peat moss with pine bark fines making it 3 parts pine bark fines 2 parts compost and manure. If you can find a 4 cu. ft. bag of perlite buy it and go with 1/2 part perlite ...
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Commented: cocoa shells... I tried this once in one of my large containers > 10 cu. ft. I usually let mix settle for a day before planting seeds or seedlings. When I went out to plant the next day the container felt hot. It ...
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