Don’t feel embarassed if you believe that container gardening is only for indoor plants, I did too! It’s not until you’re informed that you can grow your container plants almost anywhere, that you’ll realize how much sense it makes to be able to plan your container garden to go wherever it’s best for you… and your plants of course!

One of the advantages of a container garden is the ability to move it around if the need arises, something you can’t do with a traditional garden. You can also grow just about any type of plant in a container.

If you’re expecting very bad weather, you can temporarily move containers to a safer location, like indoors or into a garage or basement. But there isn’t much you can do for a traditional garden.

Also your potted garden can be moved around to take advantage of the best growing conditions for your plants. That’s not possible once your plants are in the ground and you find that the position you picked is either too shady or sunny.

Putting your container garden outside gives you a number of options. You can pick a spot that gets the right amount of sunlight and at the same time gives you easy access, this will give your plants and you a lot to smile about. The fastest way to lose interest in your garden is to place it in a difficult, hard to reach location!

Pollution from road traffic is to be avoided as much as possible by planting your garden as far away from the street as possible. This will reduce the amount of contamination to your plants and in turn reduce the effects of pollution on your family when they eat some of your produce.

If you have your plants indoors, you’ll need to be sure to select a very good spot. Most plants need to be fairly warm, so you’ll need to choose the warmest spot in your house if you use air conditioning.

Many plants won’t do well in very chilly homes, so you might need to choose a room for your plants and keep the vent closed in that room so it stays warmer there. If you can, choose a sunny room with a lot of natural sunlight.

Try to avoid some of the more delicate or exotic plants, unless that’s what you want, because they will often require high or low humidity. This means investing in special humidity equipment that can raise or lower the amount of moisture in the air to suit the plants.

Don’t fall into the trap of trying to grow too many varieties of plants, it often becomes to difficult to look after them. Better to choose plants that are often expensive at your local grocery store.

Any fruits or vegetables that you find hard to get, low in quality or too costly should be on your list, always making sure that they’re family favorites! As an example, tomatoes are often poor quality in stores, can be easily grown in containers and taste delicious.

In a controlled indoor environment, you can quite easily grow your plants organically if you wish. Outdoors isn’t so simple, organic gardening is a little more challenging, but still worthwhile. You need to do some extra research on pest control in your outdoor garden, so if growing organically is important to you, be prepared to put in some effort to learn how it’s done.