Every year, the gardening world buzzes with new trends. Magazines splash "Maximalist Planting" and the "Color of the Year" across their glossy pages, inspiring visions of perfectly manicured, decorative landscapes. …
My father had a wonderfully practical way of looking at a garden. If there was something he liked to eat, he wanted to know whether we could grow it ourselves. …
You're right. Growing root vegetables indoors isn't exactly on the cover of Garden Glamour magazine. (I just made that up. It's not a real magazine. But if it was, indoor …
There are plenty of opinions out there about what to do with root-bound tomato plants. Some gardeners will tell you they’re destined for the compost pile, while others insist that …
Nothing beats the taste of fresh herbs and you will never change my mind. And this year, my outdoor herb garden is a thing of beauty. ::brushes dust off of …
Grocery store tomatoes don’t stand a chance compared to the fresh homegrown variety. From cherry tomatoes grown in containers to heirloom and hybrid beefsteak varieties, nothing beats a tomato grown …
Have I told you how much I adore container gardens? Container gardens are the quiet MVP of the vegetable gardening world. Container gardening provides accessibility to everyone. If you rent …
Experienced container gardeners eventually discover an important truth:
Container gardening is really soil gardening.
Healthy plants begin with healthy soil.
And unlike traditional gardens, container gardeners control nearly every aspect of that soil …
Container vegetable gardens are the versatile champions of any garden. I love container gardens because you can start them indoors and transition them outdoors without disrupting the vegetable roots. They’re …