Grow a Beautiful Garden in a Small Outdoor Space
Choosing and setting up balcony containers: planter sizes and materials, drainage, potting mix, railing planters, and self-watering planters.
5 guides published
How a reservoir, wick, fill tube and overflow hole keep a container moist, which balcony plants benefit, which stay too wet, and how to set up and look after a self-watering planter.
The checks to make before putting any planter on a balcony railing: the building rules, the railing itself, the product, the weight when wet and the position, plus floor options that give the same look.
Why garden soil fails in pots, what a bag of potting mix should contain, how to read the label, how much to buy, and how to moisten and reuse mix on a balcony.
How to keep balcony pots draining well: holes in the base, why a gravel layer does not help, pot feet, saucers you empty, and how to keep runoff away from the neighbors below.
How to choose balcony planters by drainage, size, material and shape, with a comparison table of terracotta, ceramic, plastic, fabric, wood and metal containers.
