If you are like a lot of us, winter has you are itching for the soft, moist feel of soil between your fingers. Now may be the time you to try your hand at container gardening. It’s easy and can even take the winter blues away. All you need to get started is some light soil, a few plants and decorative containers.

The first step is to take out those plant and bulb catalogs. Grab your favorite easy chair and a warm blanket. Then, spend a little time drinking a nice cup of tea while deciding which plants you want in your garden. Choose plants that have the same requirements for light, water and fertilizer that compliment each other in color and style.

Now, comes one of the fun parts of this project! Let’s go shopping! Go to a reputable nursery and choose plants that are healthy, have good color and are disease free. A good nursery can suggest a light soil mixture that will keep your plants from becoming root-bound.

Next, comes the container! You can use a plain plastic pot, but why give your garden an ordinary, drab look? reneeshomeandgarden.com has a selection of unique containers that you will fall in love with. Try one of our stylish Bloom pail sets. Our Set of 2 Blooming Plant Pails (WD6264) would be great for this project! You can keep one for yourself and give one container garden for a gift! They are made of wood and come in a creamy yellow with brown stenciling. Each one has a handle giving it a country feel. For a low lying longer garden, our Set of 3 Banana Baskets is perfect! You can really get creative. A garden dish with smaller plants like succulents and miniature garden figures will fit right on a window ledge or coffee table.

What ideas do you have? Send us a photo of your container garden and a little information about it. If we choose your creation to publish on next month’s home page, you’ll receive $10 off your next purchase of $50 or more reneeshomeandgarden.com.

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