Watering. Where water is a problem, consider a specialized kind of gardening called xeriscaping, which has its own landscaping designs and strategies adapted to this situation.
Some suggested ideas for water-tight areas include rock garden, water container garden, hydroponics, and soil-less garden. You can pick your plants from a wide variety of cacti and tillandsias for the rock garden. Water lilies and aquatic plants will look dramatic in a water container garden.
You can plant most anything in hydroponics. However, this system may be technical and demanding of time and effort for a busy person, particularly the housewife who doesn’t need more complications in her life. But it’s fun. You’ll need a container that holds water and something that supports the plant so its root can find its way to the fertilizer-fed water.
Soil-less gardening has become popular for small home gardens because of its convenience and sanitation. For one, it does not contain soil-borne micro-organisms that are known to cause and sanitation. For one, it does not contain soil-borne micro-organisms that are known to cause allergies and other diseases. They’re also mostly lightweight, and they retain moisture.
Container. The choice of containers is no longer limited to conventional clay pot. Any container that holds soil will grow plants, and that includes everything from cans, ice cream cups, margarine container, bottles, wire baskets, and the limitless plastic pots available everywhere.
An added boon is the potable plant box that can be used for windows, room dividers, shelves and wall top. These containers are sold at supermarkets and some plant shops. – Tita V. Giron
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