Here’s how to harvest an abundance of carrots from your garden this year. Growing carrots & eating them straight from the soil is a joy of gardening.
SMALL SPACE GARDENS
Growing Tomatoes in Containers to Save Space
Small garden space? Consider growing tomatoes in pots! Heres what you need to know about growing this summertime crop in containers.
Harvest Wintertime Flavor with a Windowsill Herb Garden
A windowsill herb garden makes fresh flavor convenient throughout the winter; it’s also a good option year round for apartment or condo dwellers.
Preventing Powdery Mildew Damage in the Garden
This insidious fungi can impact a wide range of vegetable crops. There are a number of natural tactics gardeners can take to reduce powdery mildew damage.
Growing Sunflower Sprouts for Healthy Microgreens
When greens are in short supply, sunflower sprouts can fill in a need for greens, but they’re great in salads and sandwiches ANY time of year!
Growing Lettuce in Containers to Eliminate Pest Damage
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.
Annuals vs. Perennials: Making the Most of the Space You Have
Trying to figure out what will provide the best harvest for your space? Understanding annuals vs. perennials is a good place to start planning a garden.
Fig Tree Care and How to Grow a Fig Tree in a Pot
What you need to know about planting figs, fig tree care, & growing an indoor fig tree. The pretty tropical foliage & sweet harvest make them hard to beat.
Succession Planting: An Easy Trick to Harvest More Food from Your Veggie Garden
Extend your harvest season by utilizing the succession planting method. It’s an easy way to make your garden work harder and produce more vegetables.
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.
Limited on space? Don’t let that keep you from growing some of your own food! In my 5-Gallon Garden course, I’ll show you how to grow food in the space you have! Learn more about it here.
