Cuprinol Stain

In this country, window box gardening offers apartment dwellers the enjoyment of the pot inside or outside. If you live in one room or a very small property, you too can have a window box garden filled in spring with pansies and primroses, in summer with petunias or fuchsias, and fall with chrysanthemums. In winter, the leaves and berries, like bittersweet or peppercorns California with pine, give color. English Ivy will provide leak green all winter if kept out of the wind.

For best results in a garden window box, the box must be at least three to four feet long but not more than six feet. If larger, it is much too heavy to suspend and secure properly, and it can be lifted easily, even by two people. Boxes based on window ledges and railings large company could be eight feet long, but barely more than the move is too dangerous. Keep a minimum depth of eight to nine inches with a width of ten to twelve inches in diameter at the top. Of course, lengths must vary according to the window, or a series of windows or railing to be decorated with window box gardening.

The most common material for window box gardens is wood. California redwood becomes a neutral gray if not painted, and cypress will last for years. Cedar is recommended, as a good grade of white pine. Other materials include metals, which are attractive and, for the most part, low weight. However, they have the disadvantage of conducting heat, thus overheating the soil in your garden window box. Other suitable and durable lightweight materials are plastic, fiberglass, glass wool, and Gardenglas.

If you are handy with tools, you can make your own window boxes of wood, following instructions in pamphlets from your nursery or garden center. Whatever plan you follow, you advice one to one and ten centimeters thick quarter. (Tips thinner chain and provide insulation against summer heat slightly.) To fix, need brass screws instead of nails, which in some years can grow and cause a box to fall apart. For certain parts, reinforced with angle irons. Be sure to provide enough drainage holes in the bottom of the water flow. centimeter hole space six to eight inches apart in the construction of your garden window box.

When boxes are completed, treat the inside with a preservative to prevent rotting. Cuprinol or any other non-toxic material is excellent, but avoid creosote which is toxic to plants. After the condom is dry, apply two coats of good paint or stain.

Choose a color that will not affect plants. Traditional dark green is satisfactory, although common, unless you use a tint like apple green. Bear in mind the colors of flowers, especially plants that hang on the sides. dark flowers do not show up against dark paint. The same is true of white flowers against light surfaces, such as petunias white on white or pale yellow boxes.

To hold window box gardens safely, use bolts or lag screws and treated early to prevent rust. Leave an inch or so space between the house and garden box window for air circulation. If the garden is framed to rest on a terrace or other solid surface, raise them on cleats or set up on bricks or wooden blocks to the drainage holes will clog. A space in the boxes is also important for air circulation, which dry up the runoff.

When you plant a window box garden, put a layer of an inch flowerpots broken, crushed brick, small stones or pebbles on the bottom to allow water to escape freely through the openings. Above, the spread of a piece of wet burlap or a layer of moist sphagnum moss, old leaves, slag or ash coal to prevent soil from washing into the drainage area.

All plants for window box gardening need a soil rich vegetation. genus larger space.