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QUESTION for Patti Moreno (and other rabbit owners!)

JadaE, member | October 2nd, 20094 comments

How much work is involved in raising a rabbit?

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Crabapple Pie is a Labor of Love

Ruth, Web producer | October 2nd, 2009

This year, the crabapples did not go to waste, thanks to an old Yankee Cookbook recipe.

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Saving Heirloom Tomato Seeds

SeedSaversExchange, contributor | October 1st, 20095 comments

Learn how easy it is to eat your tomatoes and save them too!

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Leaf Mold as a Soil Conditioner

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | September 23rd, 20091 comment

Leaf mold by itself is pretty close to pure humus and like compost, smells like the forest floor. Probably because it is the forest floor.

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Replacing Some Suburban Front Lawn

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | September 17th, 20093 comments

It's no secret that suburbia is known for it's cookie-cutter foundation plantings and grand expansions of perfectly coiffed grass. Although, I have seen some fabulous yard make-overs where they've used plants that have made me almost slam into the car in front of me. But, I digress.

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Water Container Frost Protection

yourownvictorygarden, contributor | September 15th, 20091 comment

If you live in the North Texas area as I do, you don't really concern yourself with the first annual frost/freeze threat until late October at the earliest. I am always thinking ahead to the upcoming...

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Start a New Garden Bed with a Compost Sandwich

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | September 11th, 20095 comments

It's never too early to think about the next major planting season as far as I'm concerned. But that could be because at my age, six months isn't even close to the vicinity of long-term.

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It's Fall Garden Cleanup Time

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | September 6th, 2009

I know we're still harvesting tomatoes, zucchini, fruit and the like but the weather and light change are hinting that another season is at an end. Forewarned is forearmed, am I right?

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Grow Sprouts for the Perfect Indoor Crop

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | September 2nd, 20093 comments

Whether you're new to gardening, a budding homesteader, or a die-hard farmer there's no need to wait for nice weather to grow food crops - grow sprouts!

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Video: How to make drainage holes in a metal container

TheGardenGirl, | August 30th, 2009

Here's an easy way anyone can use to turn a galvanized metal container into a planter.

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Kids Can Make Bird Feeders Out of Sunflower Heads

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | August 27th, 20094 comments

Sunflowers not only attract pollinating insects while they're blooming, but at season's end they become an excellent food source for wild birds.

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QUESTION: Compost & Ammonia

GmaSandi, member | August 23rd, 20094 comments

Someone told my husband that pouring ammonia in our new compost pile will accelerate the decomposion process, as that's a byproduct of the process anyway. Is this true? I sure want to know before he...

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Grow a Sunflower House for Kids

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | August 17th, 20093 comments

Don't let the kids keep the magic for themselves. When the morning glories begin blooming, get into that sunflower house, lie on your back and admire the glowing blue sky that you and your kids planted.

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Cold Frame Gardening

KitchenGardenerMag, archive | August 13th, 20096 comments

A cold frame with a glass top can give you a 12-month growing season, even in Maine, and it's the easiest and most economical way to extend your harvest. Build the one described here, and you're on your way to fresh veggies year round.

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Build a Cold Frame with a Lightweight Lid

KitchenGardenerMag, archive | August 1st, 20091 comment

Get a plan, materials list, and step-by-step instructions for building an easy-to-manage, self-venting cold frame lid.

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Tea Party Gardening in Containers

cookinwithherbs, contributor | July 7th, 2009

A few years ago, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens contacted me to see if I had any ideas for chapters for a new book Designing an Herb Garden. Tina Marie Wilcox and I proposed and wrote two chapters for...

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Gardening Tools on the Cheap

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | July 1st, 20091 comment

If you’re like me, every now and again you hear the siren call of new gardening tools. If you’re like me, you take a look at the household account and figure out just how much you can skim off of the grocery money without sending up red flags.

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Make Your Own Topsoil Screener

AvantGardener, member | June 6th, 20092 comments

Using just a wheelbarrow and some hardware cloth, I created a portable, lightweight topsoil screener that improved my soil and gave my seeds a much better start.

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Video: How to Build Raised Garden Beds

VegetableGardener, editor | June 2nd, 20095 comments

If your soil isn't the greatest or you just don't feel like digging, raised beds can be a great solution for your vegetable garden. Watch this video to learn how.

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Cool Kitchen Garden Containers

KitchenGardenerMag, archive | May 26th, 20097 comments

If you're bored by terra-cotta planters, you'll love these creative ideas for garden containers seen at an avant-garde festival in France's Loire Valley.

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