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No, a flower pot is different than a garden container. Most people dont know how easy it is to grow carnivorous plants, such as pitcher plants, venus flytraps, sundews, and butterworts, especially when you grow them in a. Issues container gardeners run into and how to fix them. Packaged potting soil available at local garden centers is relatively lightweight and, if of high quality, may make a good container medium. Encouraged by his grandfather, richard jackson developed an early. Visit richard jackson garden for the latest gardening advice, inspiration, news. Jun 30, 2014 as a lifelong gardener and frequent apartment residentcitydweller, these are my top five container and small space gardening books. What is one project in the book that will have our readers in awe and why. Qvc uks resident gardening expert, richard jackson, has loved gardening all his life.
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