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Planting and Maintaining a Kitchen Container Garden

County Horticulturalist Margaret Pickoff shares how to grow a wide variety of vegetables and herbs in containers on your steps, back porch or any sunny spot around your property.

This program explains how to choose the right container, start seeds and provide the best light and soil conditions for your growing plants. The basics of container gardening can be applied at any scale, making this the perfect gardening technique for beginners and those with limited outdoor space.

Margaret Pickoff is the Mercer County Horticulturalist with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County which, among other services, provides educational programs, resources and activities in support of environmentally responsible home gardening.