5 Tips to Keep on Gardening

Last week I had the privilege of teaching my Container Gardening Secret Sauce workshop to a group of lovely seniors at the Phoenixville Senior Center. They were a fun and engaging group. (If you are interested in what I taught - Click Here) Several of the attendees approached me before the talk and shared how they had a large garden for years but now 'just couldn't do it any more.' Other folks had moved to apartments or assisted living and were attending the workshop looking for ways that they could grow a few plants indoors or on their patios.

I started The Relaxed Gardener to provide people with ways to spend less time working in their gardens and more time enjoying them. I also wanted folks to not feel like they had to completely give up gardening as they got older, but rather find ways to pare back what they were doing so they could still enjoy gardening even when some aspects just became physically impossible. 

Read on for 5 Tips to help you keep on gardening!

8 Herbs to Grow This Summer

You don't need a big garden to grow herbs. Every summer I grow them on the sunniest part of my deck in pots. Herbs make great container plants. They love lots of sun and well-drained soil. You can really get creative and not just grow them together in their own containers but add them to your floral containers as well. In the past, I have used chives instead of spikes for height in the center or back of larger container. I've also added trailing herbs like different varieties of thyme to the front of containers.

 Read on to find out are my top 8 must have herbs that live on my deck every summer.

Interesting Shrubs - Really?