Growing Swiss chard in containers is a great way for urbanites to grow some greens. Of course, Swiss chard is a great addition to a full-sized garden, too.
GARDEN PLANNING
Planning a vegetable garden means thinking about what you have, what you need, and what you want from your gardening efforts.
Starting a vegetable garden requires a bit of forethought. You could just toss seeds into the wind and hope for the best, but that’s unlikely to generate a worthwhile crop.
Understanding the needs of different crops will help you decide where to plant them. Or whether to plant them at all. Garden planning sometimes means compromising on what will grow well versus your ideals.
Small Vegetable Garden Ideas: Get the Most from Your Space
These small garden ideas will help you get the most bang for your vegetable gardening buck!
Drought Gardening for a Healthy Harvest
Choosing drought tolerant crops and using water wise methods when planting a vegetable garden can assure a harvest in harsh conditions. Drought conditions aren’t ideal, but there are some tactics you can take to create a drought tolerant garden that will produce a harvest for you.
Adding Edible Flowers to Your Salads (and Garden)
Add flowers you can eat to your garden for a bonus food source. Here’s how to use edible flowers in your kitchen (and how to know what’s safe to eat.)
How to Harvest Basil Seeds (And Grow Free Plants!)
Allow your basil plants to go to seed so you can start plenty of free basil seedlings next year!
Plant Penstemons for Pollinators
Plant penstemons in your perennial pollinator garden. These beauties are easy to care for, low maintenance, and great for drought conditions.
Growing Collard Greens in the Home Garden
Growing collard greens is a good way to get dark leafy greens in your diet. They are easy to grow, and both the leaves and stems are edible.
Growing a Front Yard Vegetable Garden
Planting a front yard full of pretty edibles — annual and perennial vegetables — is a great way to use the most of your space.
Growing a Survival Garden with Staple Crops
Growing high calorie vegetables & starchy staple crops in your garden reduces dependency on the supermarket. Plus, garden fresh veggies are delicious!
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author and certified Master Food Preserver, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
I’m thrilled that my book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I aim to encourage readers — that’s you! — to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
