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A Light Salad, Please - and Make it to go...

"Containerizing" your indoor or outdoor garden. Many reasons to do this, from being able to bring the plants indoors, to move them to a totally new location, to make moving bulbs (and finding them) easier, to fend off varmints, and more. Here are some links to some great ideas for "bagged gardens" (you can also google "grow bags" with or without quotes for even more):
Using the mesh bag on your bulbs to confound the moles and gophers -

• "...Fruits and vegetables are sometimes sold in brightly coloured plastic mesh sacks with one end stapled and the top end closed with a twist-tie or small square of slit plastic. I've been saving them for planting my bulbs in..." link
• ".. I decided I didn't like messing with them, as the bright green edges looked unattractive sticking out of the dirt and because it was a chore to move or divide the bulbs in them. They did foil the gophers, though...."
• "...Regarding making one's own from wire: Don't use chicken wire -- small rodents can go right through it. However, there is a small-mesh product called "aviary wire" that stops them. Hardware cloth is even better. However, after some years of experience, I don't recommend using any kind of wire mesh in a buried situation. It rusts, and when you go to remove it, it pulls apart and is an awful mess. Pieces can remain hidden in the ground to interfere with cultivation for years...."

Short and sweet, this is a link to the Royal Horticultural Societies site about salad bags. Link
Container Gardening for Dummies - yes, the black and yellow book makers have broken into the gardening realm. "...The container must be big enough. A minimum size for most vegetables and herbs is a diameter of 8 inches and depth of 12 inches, but a diameter of 12 to 18 inches and a depth of 15 inches is preferable — the larger size can accommodate the necessary volume of soil and water. And the container must have drain holes at the bottom. Vegetables and herbs can be found thriving in all sorts of containers that meet the size and drainage requirements, but that miss the boat in beauty: leaky buckets, garbage cans with holes, large plastic buckets from delicatessens, and even plastic milk jugs. ..." Link
How about helping your barista out? "...The next time you order an espresso to go, ask for a burlap coffee bag, to go, too. Lightweight (and free!) coffee bags are a unique way to add gardening space to your yard, and recycle at the same. I planted the coffee bag you see at right, with pink geraniums, yellow calendulas, Alaska nasturtiums and other annuals. I placed it at the edge of my driveway, next to a row of black plastic containers of currants and tayberries (a blackberry-raspberry cross). ..." Link