If you're a small space grower, that's how I started gardening.

I was an extreme small space grower, basically a window sill and a shady balcony, and I wanted

to get into all sorts of different types of gardening, and you know we've been talking

about miniature meadows this week with Mike Luzat, who is the author of Mini Meadows and

also an owner over at American Meadows, and you know Mike, we teased this a little bit

earlier in the week, but we do have a lot of listeners who are in townhouses, condos

apartments, they're looking at balconies and containers, and trying to get creative

with some of their plantings.

Is there really a path for them to have a Mini Meadow?

If so, maybe let's start out with some suggestions.

Yes, absolutely Kevin, and we have spoken and consulted many people through the years

in small spaces, containers, plantar boxes, et cetera, and so certainly applicable for

creating a Mini Meadow, and you'd be amazed at how much enjoyment you can actually get

out of something as simple as a little planter.

So I think Kevin, as we've been speaking, is wanting to set them up to succeed, and

how do you go about creating a container gardening of a Mini Meadow and planting flowers,

and I think first and foremost, you know, when you've got your containers, simple things

like, okay, making sure it has drainage, you know, does the container that you're using

have drainage holes in it, you know, I think especially for a number of these new gardeners,

you know, they might not be familiar with that, so obviously making sure that your container

has some drainage to it, and then how are you going to go about what type of soil, potting

soil are you going to put into the container to use, how often should you be watering it,

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