How to Harvest Basil
Get more from your basil through harvesting. It’s simple. The more you pick the more it grows.
Here's Why Harvesting Basil Grows More Basil
Basil, like...
What to Plant: Easiest Herbs to Grow Indoors
Bring your garden inside with 10 of the easiest herbs to grow indoors.
If You're Going to Grow One Thing, Let it Be Herbs!
Herbs are...
DIY Mason Jar Herb Garden
You've probably heard it before: "If you're going to grow one thing, grow herbs." You'll be rewarded with unparalleled freshness and flavor, changing meals...
How To Grow Rosemary From Cuttings
It's easy to grow rosemary from cuttings with the simple steps outlined in this video.
What You Need To Grow Your Own Cuttings
To get started,...
Kitchen Garden: Planting in Galvanized Containers
Growing a vegetable garden in recycled containers is all the rage, but are there risks? I was reminded of this looming question when a...
Transplanting Seedlings vs. Direct Sowing Seeds
Should you chuck seeds straight into the garden or grow them in modules or seedling trays first? Knowing where and how to plant could...
Grow Plants for Free: How to Propagate Rosemary From Cuttings
Would you like to grow plants for free?
When I was young, it was common for my mother to send me to the neighbors...
Bee Walls & Insect Hotels: Habitat Inspiration
With the return of victory gardens, garden to table eating, colony collapse disorder and all things organic (move over Monsanto) the insect world is...
How to Convert a Watering Trough into a Raised Garden Bed
The opportunity for growth is at hand, right out your door, and it can begin by simply transforming a watering trough into a raised...
The Best Tomato Varieties
With more than 10,000 tomato varieties to choose from, it can be difficult to know which ones are right for you. But the answer is...
Keep it Simple
Dr. Michael Mesler, my plant taxonomy professor at Humboldt State University, likened simplicity to parsimony. When examining computational phylogenetics (a complicated subject) he taught...
How to Grow Sprouts with DIY Sprouting Jars
Antsy for spring? Move over winter blues, time for some green love without the wait. Grow your own sprouts with a handful of seeds...
Tricks for Thinning Carrots: The Things We Do For Love
My hopeless love of homegrown carrots sometimes feels like opening Pandora's Box -- they can be challenging to sow, taunt foes like carrot flies...
6 Basil Varieties To Grow & Love
Grow these 6 basil varieties to change the way you cook and live.
As a gardener and cook, I’m always on the lookout for new...
4 Cosmos for Your Cutting Garden
It often happens that the best flowers are also easy to grow, and Cosmos is definitely in this category. If you’d like to start...
Grow Your Own Cucamelons
Adorable. It's the first word that comes to mind when discovering Cucamelons. Adorable with a capital "A." No wonder it's also known as Mouse Melon. Yet...
What to Plant: Red Veined Sorrel
Add red veined sorrel to your planting list. In fact, don't wait and plant it now.
The Best Kitchen Garden Edibles
The best kitchen garden edibles...
Plant Pick: Happy Wanderer
Who doesn’t want to be happy? Happy Wanderer, Hardenbergia violacea, brings more than cheer and free spirit to the garden. It’s an enduring, hard...
How to Grow & Forage: Miner’s Lettuce
Miner’s lettuce is in full swing here in California, especially after a much awaited for rainy winter. It’s growing with a zeal I’ve not...
Grow Your Own Microgreens
Yep. Even you can grow your own microgreens.
If pink is the new black then microgreens are the new kale. Packed with nutrition and gleaming...
