How to Grow a Small Space Salad Garden
What could be easier than growing salad in a box? It's one of my favorite ways to grow greens, herbs, strawberries, and any other...
10 Best Kitchen Garden Herbs
Imagine a garden that elevates everyday living, is a dose of medicine with every bite, and doubles as a pollinator haven. If you grow...
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...
How to Make Paper Pots for Planting Seeds
It's easy to make paper pots for planting seeds. All you need is a can and some newspaper. Add soil and seeds, and you're...
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...
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...
Worm Composting 101: How to Make & Use a Simple Worm Bin
Once you start composting with worms you'll wonder why you didn't try it sooner. Worm composting is by far one of the simplest ways...
What to Plant: How to Grow Chard
If you’re planning your spring garden, put Swiss chard on the list. It’s not only delicious and easy to grow, it’s a super food...
How to Care For Amaryllis So It Blooms Again
The trick to caring for amaryllis from one season to the next is to mimic its natural habits in nature. It's a warm season...
Greens for Small Spaces
Red and green leaf lettuce will always have a place at the table. So too will traditional romaine, but have you tried oak leaf...
Make Your Own Bee Friendly Garden in 5 Easy Steps
Create a bee friendly garden in just 5 easy steps.
It was not a surprise but definitely a disappointment to read that bees have been...
October Garden Checklist
October consists of 31 days and is book ended on the calendar same as all the other months, so why does it always seem...
DIY Free Printable Seed Packets
Seeds are so many things. In An Invisible Orchard, A Natural History of Seeds, Jonathan Silverton book explains: “The story of seeds, in a...
September Garden Checklist
I sometimes think that if months were siblings, September would be my favorite -- especially when it comes to the garden. The high heat...
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...
How To Make a Trash Can Planter
http://youtu.be/bbaXGbvzM70
If you can convert a trash can into a planter, you can convert nearly anything into a garden. Any size or style, sky's the...
Summer Harvesting Tips
The adage, sow little and often, also rings true for harvesting. Gather what you need when you need it for huge returns. This is...
DIY Wine Box Herb Garden
Ask any foodie the secret to making everyday meals come to life and 9 times out of 10 it will be fresh herbs. Like...
Pruning 101: What to Prune When
Ever get confused as to what to prune when? Or simply wonder where to begin?
The good news is, there's no rush to prune. In...
Trash Can Tomatoes: How to Plant & Grow Tomatoes
http://youtu.be/6QsBl7ROxcE
Tomatoes are at the heart of most summer gardens and a successful harvest will keep you coming back for more. Planning, planting and dreaming....
