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Gutter Gardens – A Great Way to Grow Lots of Stuff in a Very Small Space

Remember Shawn? The guy with the windy, part-sun, zone 5 balcony?Well, he recently emailed me about...

Hummingbird Container Recipe

This is a great time of year to talk about hummingbirds, as the members of the species that migrate ...

How to Grow Tillandsia Indoors

Those tacky little air plants glued onto magnets and stuck on refrigerators everywhere during the 19...

Sound Advice About Noise Reduction On Your Balcony

Apartment/condo living means living thisclose to your neighbor. It often means hearing all sorts of ...

How to Water Your Plants While You’re Away From Home

My husband’s and my 6th wedding anniversary is coming up at the end of August and we’re planning...

An Insider’s Perspective on Community Gardens

No doubt all of us living in apartments, condos and on small lots have done the same arithmetic when...

Calendula Herbal Salve-ation Recipe

Earlier I mentioned that I had rediscovered a great article in an old issue of Vegetarian Times ab...

Calendula and Bacopa Window Box

I was flipping through an old issue of Vegetarian Times magazine and came across an article about he...

Dwarf Fruit Trees Perfect for the Apartment Garden

If you live in an area with a relatively mild winter, you can plant fruit trees in late Summer and F...

Dealing With Pests In a Container Garden: Aphids

I don’t have any science to back this up, but I think container grown plants are more susceptible ...