By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer

Teena and Kay's lecture on ornamental edibles at last month's Annual Garden Seminar of the Master Gardeners of Orange County finally motivated me to plant a blueberry bush, something I've been thinking about doing for ages.  I am pretty lazy about trying anything that requires me to constantly amend my soil, but growing blueberries in containers makes growing these acid-loving plants easy, these two master gardeners assured their audience. 

I've got my plant in its pot, and it's off to a good start

And after reading Bonnie Manion's post on how she feeds her blueberries on her blog Vintage Garden Gal today, I know how I'm going to keep it happy.  I'll mulch it with coffee grounds like she does.  There's never any shortage of those in this house--I think my husband has coffee instead of blood in his veins.  (That's Bonnie's photo and her berries opposite, by the way.)

Bonnie's experience tells me I'll get more production if I plant another variety, so I'm off shopping.  Twin pots will be pretty--nicely formal--don't you think?