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.
Metal arch and trellises in a garden at the Smithsonian.
VEGGIE GARDEN
Growing Green Onions for a Flavorful Harvest
Growing green onions is a great way to have this tasty veggie at your fingertips. Learn how to get the most out of your multi-season harvest!
Growing Leeks in the Backyard Garden for Fresh Flavor
Growing leeks is a great way to use some of your cool-weather garden space for a mild-flavored onion that has a variety of cooking uses!
How to Grow Lettuce in Your Home Garden
Growing lettuce at home means fresh salads at your fingertips! It’s a perfect option for urban gardeners; it does really well in containers.
How to Plant Tomatoes DEEP for a Bountiful Harvest
Tomatoes are a staple for most gardeners and for the most part, they’re pretty easy to grow. But knowing how to plant tomatoes properly will give them a very solid start.
Growing Kohlrabi in Your Veggie Garden
Learn how to grow kohlrabi from seed or starts. Kohlrabi is a nutritious and delicious brassica. Here is how to grow it, and how to eat it!
How to Make a Worm Bin for Less than $5 – Easy DIY Worm Composter
Build a DIY worm composter in just 30 minutes. Castings from this worm bin are a rich garden amendment that will make your garden grow!
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.
How to Harvest Spinach for Months!
When you know how to harvest spinach properly, you’ll have a long harvest season!
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
If you’re ready to shake up your pantry routine and shift from boxed to homemade, be sure to check out my latest project, Attainable Sustainable Pantry (National Geographic Books).
My earlier book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (also from 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 encourage readers to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
