Green Thinking Blog

With Earth Day this past week, I wanted to do a little something to get back in touch with nature. So, this weekend I decided to plant a few summer flowers on the porch of my apartment. I thought I’d share what I bought and how easy it was. It was a fun little project for a Saturday morning. For those of us who don’t own a house, planting a few flowers or plants on a back porch is the closest we can get to tending a real garden.

I bought:

• One large 14 in. clay pot and tray
• Two bags all purpose potting soil (10 dry qt. size)
• Gardening gloves
• Four small “sun annual” flowers: white geraniums, zinnias, celosias, and marigolds

First I brought everything outside on my back porch. I opened up one bag of soil and dumped it all into the pot. Then I took the first flower pot and ran a dull knife around the edge to loosen the roots. I turned it upside down and slid the flowers out. Then I took the knife and cut the roots to help loosen the soil and placed the flowers in the pot before packing the dirt around it. I repeated this step with the other three flowers. To finish, I poured a few cups of water down in the pot to help the flowers settle into their new suroundings. The entire process only took me ten minutes!

Note: I’m in a hot, Florida climate here and my porch gets full sun all day. So, I chose “sun annual” flowers that can withstand full sun and heat. Choose whichever flowers will work best on your porch.

Also, I got a new Flip Video camera and was trying it out for the first time. I just took a couple shots of the flowers, soil, and pot so you could see what it looked like. I plan to bring more video blogs to you soon!

Happy planting!

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