GROW

Want to grow some of your own food in the city? Urban gardening has its challenges, but with a little thoughtfulness, you can have success!

Perennial peanut grass, an evergreen ground cover, is a great lawn replacement that’s drought tolerant. Mowed, it’s low enough to walk on. This evergreen ground cover has pretty yellow flowers, bright green leaves, and will out-compete grasses and other weeds. Chickens will even eat the yellow flowers.

A hanging tomato planter is easy to make at home. Here’s how to transform a 5-gallon bucket into a DIY upside-down tomato planter for a vertical garden.

Plant once, harvest for YEARS. That’s the beauty of growing artichokes in your garden. And? The plants are pretty enough for the front yard!

Using eggshells in the garden can improve your harvest and save you a bit of money, too. Give these ideas a try for a no-cost way to a better garden!

Want to treat your favorite gardener to something that’s just perfect for them? These gardening gifts will get them growing, and with a range of prices. 

Are you tossing out a perfectly good leafy green while you wait for the “real” garden to grow? Growing purslane means early garden greens!

Tender green lettuce leaves are very susceptible to damage from slugs and snails. They’re also a favorite of pests like rabbits and deer, though admittedly those are not a problem for me here. To combat the damage from snails and slugs, try planting lettuce in containers up off the ground.