Reviving the lost art of self-reliance, one small step at a time
Growing blueberries in containers is a great way to produce fruit right in your own backyard. Even apartment dwellers can harvest fruit from the balcony!
Urban fruit! An edible landscape is great for city gardeners and fruiting trees are a perfect addition to an edible landscape. They’re beautiful, functional as they provide shade, and they can produce fruit within 3-5 years. Planting a fruit tree now will provide an abundant harvest for years to come.
Urban Fruit Trees: Creating an Edible Landscape for a Small Scale HarvestRead More
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.
These small garden ideas will help you get the most bang for your vegetable gardening buck!
Small Garden Ideas: Get the Most Bang for your Buck!Read More
Where bamboo is plentiful, it’s an excellent building material and resource for gardeners. This bamboo trellis building method is a bit different!
If you’re planting a garden, you’ll need to decide if you’re planting seeds or seedlings. Here’s what you need to know about growing vegetables from seeds, and how to do it either in the garden or indoors to get a jump on the vegetable gardening season. There are some tricks to make it more successful.
Growing Vegetables from Seeds: How to Get a Jump on Your GardenRead More
Start these popcorn shoots today and you’ll have fresh greens to add to salads & sandwiches in a week. Microgreens are a perfect way to grow food inside.
Growing Popcorn Microgreens for Healthy Snacking & SaladsRead More
Try your hand at an indoor winter garden! You can have fresh salad greens year round by adopting the idea of growing an inside garden.
Growing vertically is a great way to make the most of a small garden space. Learn to build an inexpensive garden trellis with these DIY trellis ideas.
