Container Corner

Best Drought-Tolerant Plants for Containers

Summer is here and with that brings brings plenty of sunshine, heat, and in much of the US: a drought. Here are my top 5 choices for the best drought-tolerant plants for containers. Geranium Geraniums are the quintessential summer flower in the midwest and possibly the best drought-tolerant plants for containers As a child, my ...

Growing Strawberry Plants from Seeds

Who knew that growing strawberry plants from seeds was possible? When I was a kid growing up on the farm, we had a quarter-acre strawberry patch from which we conducted U-Pick sales. Strawberry growing at that time meant transplanting either small plants that we bought from a wholesale nursery or the “babies” produced at the ...