Growing Green Onions (Without a Garden)
Sure, you say. I’d like to have a garden, but I don’t have a yard, I only have a window ledge, and my thumb is anything but green. How can I grow vegetables?
Sure, you say. I’d like to have a garden, but I don’t have a yard, I only have a window ledge, and my thumb is anything but green. How can I grow vegetables?
A healthy soil translates into a healthy garden. But before you begin adding compost, manure, fertilizer, lime, and other soil amendments, you need to know what type of soil you have and its properties.
If there is one technique that will make your gardening easier this summer, it is proper mulching. The right mulch will reduce weed growth, conserve soil moisture, make the garden look beautiful, and increase yields.
With rising food and gas prices, more and more gardeners are looking for ways to reduce household costs and grow more of their own food. With a little attention, fruit trees can grow and fruit for years, providing food for you, your neighbors, and wildlife.
Adding compost to garden soil improves soil health by providing food for the organisms in the soil that help release nutrients to plants. You can buy bulk and bagged compost in many localities, but why not make your own?
When economic times are hard, people head to the garden. With our desire to build a link to the Earth and our own neighborhoods, food gardening has become a simple and tasty solution.
Many gardeners like having a main vegetable garden area to concentrate their food production. When designing your own vegetable garden, it’s important to understand the basics.
With rising food and gas prices, more and more gardeners are looking for ways to reduce household costs and grow more of their own food. With a little attention, fruit trees can grow and fruit for years, providing food for you, your neighbors, and wildlife.
To get the most out of your garden, it’s important to plant each vegetable at the right time. The USDA distinguishes 11 different temperature zones across the United States, and…
More than 14 million households in the United States grow herbs—in vegetable and perennial gardens, in containers, or on windowsills. And with good reason!
When economic times are hard, people head to the garden. With our desire to build a link to the Earth and our own neighborhoods, food gardening has become a simple and tasty solution.
More than 14 million households in the United States grow herbs—in vegetable and perennial gardens, in containers, or on windowsills. And with good reason!
Sure, you say. I’d like to have a garden, but I don’t have a yard, I only have a window ledge, and my thumb is anything but green. How can I grow vegetables?
Raised beds are a great way to intensively garden without taking up too much space. They are perfect for urban small-space gardens, but also have advantages for gardeners with more room.
Adding compost to garden soil improves soil health by providing food for the organisms in the soil that help release nutrients to plants. You can buy bulk and bagged compost in many localities, but why not make your own?
