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How to Attract Bug-Eating Birds To Your Urban Garden

There are lots of good reasons to welcome birds into your garden, but here’s one more: they eat a ...

Fall Vegetable Container Garden Plan

A comment that Margaret Roach once made has stuck with me for awhile. To paraphrase, Margaret ment...

Not Everything You’re Growing in your Kitchen Container Garden is Edible

Reading this humorous article by Michael Tortorello reminded me that it’s not safe to indiscrimi...

How to Grow Peppers in a Container

I’ve been growing peppers for the first time this year and I’m proud to say that in a matter of ...

Varieties of Tomato You Can Still Plant (in June)

Here are some varieties of tomatoes that mature in 60 days or less, which means that most parts of t...

Plants That Every Balcony Gardener Needs

Note that I said “need.” While all the plants listed below are attractive, the reason they made ...

DIY Umbrella Stand + Flower Pot

When researching ideas for a client, I came across several articles on how to make a flower pot umbr...

How to Grow an Olive Tree in a Container

Growing olive trees (holy land or domestically grown varieties) definitely falls into the category ...

Dealing With Pests In a Container Garden: Squirrels

Last month I started a new series on dealing with pests in container gardens. First up was one of th...

How to Grow Corn in a Container

When I asked you all for your best tips for gardening kids, several people mentioned that their kids...