‘Grow Bag Gardening’: No weeds, root circling or heavy lifting with these eco-friendly fabric planters
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Author Kevin Espiritu wrote “Grow Bag Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow Bountiful Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Flowers in Lightweight, Eco-friendly Fabric Pots. Cool Springs Press
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By Sally Peterson
“Grow Bag Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow Bountiful Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Flowers in Lightweight, Eco-friendly Fabric Pots” by Kevin Espiritu ($26.99, Cool Springs Press): Do you know about grow bags, which are fabric planters? I didn’t until I read this book but now I see the benefits of portable and flexible containers, especially in small-space gardens.
Adding raised beds might be the answer.
The structures, which can be inches to feet off the ground, allow gardeners to grow healthier plants faster, are easy to maintain, and are the perfect way for people who are limited physically to continue to garden, experts say.
“It’s a style of gardening that allows for access and ease of gardening for gardeners of all ages and abilities, said Ann Wied, consumer horticulture educator at UW Madison Extension, Waukesha County.
Also, you can easily plan your garden because you know exactly how much space you have, and there are fewer weeds because you can plant crops closer together due to the rich soil. Should you get any weeds, they’re easier to pull because of the loose soil.
If you tend to grow your tomatoes and other veg in unsightly plastic grow bags, it might be time to think again. Self taught gardener Kevin Espiritu, author of a new book Grow Bag Gardening, offers a wealth of different growing ideas for alternative fabric grow bags, rather than just the typical black plastic ones you ordinarily see. He says that most available fabric grow bags are made from recycled plastic, which at the very least means they ve already gone through the recycling process once and will last for quite a while. Meanwhile, you ll be able to track down others made of jute or hessian, which will degrade over time.
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