Cut flowers, potted plants and hanging baskets are all traditional Mother’s Day gifts.
But did you ever think of giving Mom a tomato plant?
A container garden just might be a refreshing and tasty way to think outside the Mother’s Day gift box — or pot, as it were.
“A lot of people don’t have space for a garden in the ground, but they still want fresh vegetables,” said Angela Iezzi, a landscape designer at Jason Wilkinson Nursery in Armbrust.
Planting vegetables in small containers is a great way to get that garden-grown taste and quality without a big investment of land and labor. Everything from herbs, peppers, lettuces and other leafy greens to root crops, vining vegetables and tomatoes can be successfully grown that way.