Container Gardening: Food Forest in a Barrel

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March/April 2003
By Michael Lockman 
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Watering and fertilizing: Containers tend to dry out fast, so check the soil’s moisture level often. Daily watering in the summer is not unusual, but be sure not to overwater (the soil should be damp, not saturated). Water running through containers tends to leach nutrients from the soil faster than in traditional garden beds. Use a soil mix that contains compost, and add fertilizer in the form of compost, liquid, or granules once a year.

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Suggested plant combinations

Northern: Dwarf apple or pear; evergreen blueberry; marjoram, oregano, or sage; lettuce, parsley, or basil; strawberries or creeping rosemary; nasturtium vines

Wildlife habitat: red-twig dogwood or butterfly bush, evergreen huckleberry, black-eyed Susan, and kinnikinnick or bunchberry

Bamboo: bamboo, hybrid broom, and comfrey

Folk tune: parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

Italian: tomatoes, basil, peppers, marjoram, and garlic

Southern: Citrus, fig, banana or jujube; edible fuchsia or hibiscus; passionflower; Chilean wintergreen

Unusual: Cornus kousa (edible dogwood); highbush cranberry or goumi; aronia or bilberry (blueberry variety); stevia (sugarleaf); lingonberry

Tea: Blushing maiden tea, lemon verbena, mint, stevia, and wintergreen

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