20 Gardening Myths Busted
Sometimes, gardening advice gets passed around like gossip. It could be gardening tips from your grandfather on your mother’s side or a neighbor’s anecdotal vegetable garden evidence. It’s easy to …
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Potatoes and Possibilities: From the Emerald Isle to Your Table
When my father and I first started our Family vegetable garden in Sacramento, we planted potatoes almost as an afterthought. …
3 Space-Saving Backyard Vegetable Garden Ideas
When it comes to a backyard vegetable garden, ideas are easy to come by. There are plenty of pictures of elaborate gardens with rows of sun-ripened tomatoes, entire sections devoted …
5 Benefits of Gravity Drip Irrigation Systems for Hillside Gardens
The hills are alive with the sound of…growing vegetables? You may think that living on a hillside is a disadvantage when it comes to outdoor gardening. But there are different …
10 Vertical Vegetable Garden Design Ideas for Small Spaces
My first apartment had a porch the size of a thimble and a backyard with only 10 square feet of green space. At the time, it didn’t occur to me …
4 Need-to-Knows Before Vegetable Garden Planting
When I started gardening, I considered myself a black thumb and didn't think I could be saved. I vividly remember the many potted tomato plants I brought home from the …
Growing An I Love You Garden
Gardens can be a lot of things to people. They take on personalities both practical and whimsical. There are vegetable gardens and herb gardens that feed us, quite literally. We …
The Bonsai Chronicles
Most wedding ceremonies call for candles or colorful sand, but ours called for a seed. We heaped soil, smiles, and a shower of water on it. We promised to tend …
7 Fantastically Unique Vegetable Garden Ideas
There are two ways to think about unique vegetable garden ideas: one is design and layout, and the other is what vegetables you grow. But why not combine them? There’s …
10 Worst Best Tomato Jokes of All Time
Hey there, fellow garden enthusiasts!
If you're like me, you understand the deep, almost philosophical connection one can have with their tomato plants. There's just something about the sweet smell of …
