Without a doubt, container gardening is a great way to keep seed flowers isolated and focused in pots earmarked for a special location. For larger plants such as spruces or shrubs, you have the versatility at your disposal for moving them to a more advantageous location. If they were planted and you had second thoughts, the sheer drudgery my be reason enough to stay planted

A concrete stoop can be the home to some interesting arrangements in deco pots. Individual or artistic combinations are fun to arrange when placements become versatile. You can even eat fruit off your own patio. Containerized gardening takes the guesswork out of planting. Save your seed in the fall for next year’s plantings.

Tomatoes grown from seed are growing nicely and almost ready to transplant with the warmer weather arriving here in the East. The only glitch is all the containers I was planning to use have seeds sprouting from the bumper fall seed flower crop … and flowers look more inviting than tomatoes.

Don't know how things will resolve yet. I've settled on containers since they seem to be better at resisting ground hogs, rabbets and for some reason the deer say away. Maybe it's a scent thing.

Adding out of the ordinary diverse and aesthetic different elements to the design of your garden will give a unique flair. A simple waterfall, using elements such as walking stones or stones piled vertically can add a sense of peace and tranquility.

Combining types of natural elements in juxtaposition will capture the spirit that you can only get from nature’s wonders that a Japanese style garden can capture. For instance, you don't see any thing square in nature so keep it away.

Gopher is hard to trap. I've been trying to catch them for years using Have-A-Heart-Traps with no success. I live in a rocky area and these guys must live under sheds or real shallow burrowing. Last year I spent about 20 dollars on "gopher lure" to use with my traps. It smells like squash juice. It didn't work. 

This year I'm going to try something different. I'm going to use cheap pumpkin pie filling or canned squash from the supermarket as bait. As you can see, I'm not a fan of killing these varmints.

Some people get rid of gophers by flooding their tunnels with a garden hose so they collapse. This method will not drown the gopher but may force him to leave your property.

If you are going to use a barrier such as concrete and wire fencing, you'll need to go down at least 2-feet into the soil and it should be at least a foot above ground to prevent the gophers form climbing over it.'