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Tea Party Gardening in Containers

susan belsinger, 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

Chris McLaughlin, 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

Vegetable Gardener, editor | June 2nd, 20094 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

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | May 26th, 20092 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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Grow Everlastings for Dried Flowers

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | May 25th, 2009

Just when you thought the gardening season couldn't last forever, along comes a group of flowers romantically dubbed "everlastings”.

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Video: Make Pots from Recycled Newspaper!

TheGardenGirl, | May 5th, 20095 comments

At my farm, I transplant my veggie seedlings into pots made from old newspapers. It's a great way to save money, and it's so easy to do I have my nine-year-old show you how!

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Build a Stone-Edged Gravel Path

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | April 27th, 2009

A gravel path bordered by a cobblestone curb is works well with many garden styles and is relatively easy to build and maintain.

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Grow Birdhouse Gourds

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | April 25th, 20096 comments

While you're planting food and flowers in your garden, why not plant a garden craft, as well? Birdhouse gourds or bottle gourds are one of the thick-skinned gourds that are mainly grown for crafts or decoration.

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Vegetable Gardens for Children

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | April 9th, 20091 comment

For more years of my life than not, I’ve been raising children. My husband and I have four kids and one sugar baby – I might as well be a Pez dispenser. I haven’t even managed to keep my children out of my bathroom, much less my gardens.

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Dye Easter Eggs in Nature's Hues

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | April 9th, 2009

Say good-bye to artificial dyes with a method that's more art than science. This article includes a list of dye sources and what colors they produce, as well as a recipe for onion skin dye.

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Potting Bench: Plan and Instructions

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | March 31st, 20092 comments

Download a detailed drawing, materials list, cut list, and step-by-step instructions for a beautiful potting bench.

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Three Garden Structures You Can Build

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | March 31st, 20091 comment

Lashed poles, hoops,l and sticks give vining beans and tomatoes handsome support. These structures, from the gardens of historic Old Salem, a Moravian village in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, are a useful addition to your veggie garden.

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Learn Lashing and Make Your Own Garden Trellises

KitchenGardener Magazine, archive | March 30th, 2009

A genuine lashing is more efficient, more fun to tie, and usually stronger than making it up as you go along.

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Video: The Easy Indoor Worm Bin

TheGardenGirl, | March 29th, 2009

Here is more on how to make a simple inexpensive worm bin. Vermiculture projects are so fun and easy and put composting on overdrive. Apartment dwellers and small-space gardeners rejoice and stay organic.

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Let Worms Compost Your Kitchen Scraps

Chris McLaughlin, contributor | March 23rd, 20097 comments

Worm composting (vermicomposting) has to be one of my favorite gardening topics in the world. There are so many good reasons to keep red wigglers in the kitchen or by the back door, munching and crunching on your kitchen scraps that it’s hard to know where to begin.

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