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  • From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@rcn.com>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening
  • Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:07:55 -0400

Thanks all, for the great suggestions.
I had thought of planting sweet woodruff, because I have a lot of it--but of course that's the problem. It might jump into my nearby beds. So instead I've just moved moss from the driveway into the terrace area. I've done this before, and it's taken, but then I've managed to kill it, either by sweeping the area or by stepping on it. That latter won't be a problem if there are containers, but I do need to sweep a lot because tons of stuff rains down on my terrace courtesy of the black locusts and maples.
Nancy

At 02:07 PM 4/17/2005 -0400, you wrote:
Plant ground covers in the dirt so that you no longer get splashing.

Fran

Fran Gustman
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-----Original Message-----
From: gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Ellen Zachos
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:04 AM
To: gardenwriters-on-gardening
Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening


Well dirt and gardening DO go together...but what about mulching
between the flagstones, with either gravel or bark?

Ellen Zachos

On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Nancy Stedman wrote:

> Okay, I have a question that's so basic it's almost embarrassing.
> Every summer the pots on my "terrace" (fieldstones with dirt between
> the spaces) get splattered with hard-to-remove dirt, even those
> elevated on pot feet. Mulching the plants helps a little, but not
> much. This year I've bought a relatively expensive Lunaform pot, and
> don't want to risk getting it dirty. Suggestions? I was thinking of
> putting plastic, like you get from the dry cleaners, under the pots,
> then trying to camouflage it. (I sometimes put sandwich bags under
> small pots of plants that need a lot of water, like alocasias, to fend
> off slugs, and that's been relatively effective at both preventing
> slug damage and keeping dirt away.) But plastic on the ground seems
> kind of unpleasant. I can't put cement in the spaces between the
> fieldstones because the house is a rental and, well, it would be a
> big, expensive ordeal.
> My garden is so shady in the summer that my collection of containers
> in the back becomes the main event.
> TIA,
> Nancy Stedman, NYC
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