There is a huge variety of styles and materials to select from when choosing pots and planters for your garden. Some people like to go for a unified look with similar sizes and materials for all their planters, other go for variety, different heights, mixing wood and ceramic, etc. Decorative planters come in a few main styles. The most traditional is the “pot” or planter, think of ceramic flower pots ranging from tiny to gigantic.

In these times, you can now buy planter pots online, made from ceramic, terra cotta, wood, metal, resin, fiberglass, and cast stone. As they grow in size, the clay pots get really heavy, so artificial materials like resin are getting more and more popular. Decorating your home or your garden doesn’t have to be frustrating, it has to be exciting and fulfilling.Use your computer in looking for the best planters for your home and garden.

Helpful hints for buying and storing:

BEEF
• Fresh beef is bright red in color. Choose meat that has only a few fat streaks.
• If it is to be cooked within eight hours, store freshly bought beef in its plastic package in the refrigerator. If not, remove the packaging and wrap loosely in waxed paper. Beef cuts can stay fresh for three days in the ref. Solid cuts can last up to six months in the freezer.

CHICKEN
• Chicken should be meaty and barrel-chested, without a bad smell. The skin should be soft and smooth, and free of bruising or tearing. The bone ends must show pink.
• Refrigerate poultry at once. If it’s not to be used within a few hours, loosen the tight packaging or remove it and wrap loosely in waxed paper. Raw poultry can last two days in the refrigerator, and cooked chicken three days.
• You can keep uncooked poultry in the freezer for six months. Cooked, it will last three months.

FISH
• Fresh fish has bright, clear, full eyes and shiny, bright-colored skin. Press the flesh—it should be resilient and firm. Other marks of good quality: a fresh, mild odor and clean gills red or bright pink in color.
• Buy raw frozen fish that is solidly frozen. It should have no smell, and its wrapping should be intact. White, dark, icy, or dry spots are signs of damage. Reject fish that looks like it was thawed and refrozen.
• Immediately refrigerate fresh catch in tight wrapping and use within a day or two. Gut fish before storing as the entrails decay faster than the flesh. Wrap fish to be stored overnight as airtight as possible to prevent odor from seeping to other foods.
• Stored frozen fish in double wrapping can last in the freezer up to six months.

PORK
• Fresh pork shows a pale pink color. There should be only minimal fat streaks, which should be more white than yellow.
• Store fresh pork for use within six hours in the ref in its original packaging. If to be kept longer, remove the packaging and loosely wrap in waxed paper; it will keep for up to two days.
• Pork can be frozen for three to six months.