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"Homegrown: A 21st Century Family Farm"

JadaE, member | March 14th, 2010

I had to share this video with my gardening buddies...You probably already know of the Dervaes family, who has converted their 1/10th acre yard into a real family farm. They grow 6000 lbs...

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Garden World Report: "A Retiree Designs the Smiley Children's Garden in Ohio!"

ShirleyBovshow, member | February 22nd, 2010

Some people do their best work during their "career years." Not so with Ohio Master Gardener, Louise Hartwig. An avid gardener, Louise Hartwig set off to accomplish her best work as a gardener during...

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Video: Building a Community Garden

JMTaylor, member | February 8th, 2010

Watch the construction of the Antonio Community Garden in Camarillo, California, from bare lot to happy gardeners. The Antonio Garden is Camarillo's first community garden.

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Plant Obsessions: Hydrangea Cultivars on Garden World Report!

ShirleyBovshow, member | January 29th, 20101 comment

Anna, known on the web as the "Flower Garden Girl" reveals the object of her garden obsession- hydrangea cultivars! Enjoy Anna's garden tour as seen on the Garden World Report show. What a collector...

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Composting in Winter

gardentotable, member | January 14th, 20101 comment

My compost pile is far from my house. Besides, it's busy working, getting itself ready to use next spring. So rather than add to it all winter, or worse, not compost at all (impossible!), I use...

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Growing a Row for Foodbanks and Community Kitchens

nancynursez637, member | January 8th, 20102 comments

I first learned of the national Grow A Row program after a year of growing and sharing excess vegetables with the food bank. I had always gardened and often had way more produce than I could...

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New at Gardening - Knowledge is a better garden

yankeefan61, member | December 13th, 20091 comment

I figured since the economy has been tanking for the past couple of years that I would try and cut corners every way possible. So I did. I got a pair of scissors out one sunday morning and...

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Your "End of the Year" Garden Checklist

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | November 4th, 2009

As the nights are finally getting cool down here, I am reminded of those end of the season duties we green thumbs all have to keep up with. Even if you aren't "turning in the gloves" and can grow...

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Invite vegetables and fruits into the landscape

GardenGates, member | October 25th, 2009

What is a vegetable? The Merriam Webster dictionary defines ‘vegetable’ as: “a usually herbaceous plant (as the cabbage, bean, or...

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Benefits of an Urban Herb Garden

CityPastures, member | October 24th, 20091 comment

Our Herb Garden here at City Pastures on Staten Island, New York has provided us with many tasty and fragrant herbs this year. We planted the herb garden which includes sage, parsley, several...

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Re-Creting! A great way to recycle old concrete

jadang, member | October 23rd, 2009

Is your sidewalk so bad you want to walk in the street? Does your patio look like a gravel pit? Those were mine with the 1929 bungalow I purchased in 2006. I fell in love with the space...

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Raised Bed Pest Cover

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | October 15th, 2009

If you have a raised bed garden, here's an "add-on" you can build to keep most pests from munching on your plants. You're basically building a "lid" that fits on top and inside your existing raised...

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Grow Food Not Fuel

gardendiva, member | October 14th, 2009

Last Spring, I was so proud of my newly expanded flower garden area planted in a narrow strip along my driveway. So much so that I decided to expand it all the way to the fence. In...

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"Why I'm a Victory Grower!" by Lesley E.,age 8

JadaE, member | October 10th, 2009

My 3 kids and I love to garden together. Ok, maybe that's exaggerating...they don't love ALL of gardening, but they sure love to pick and water everything. My oldest daughter, Lesley, is...

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Border Edging For The Wine Enthusiast

Greg Holdsworth, contributor | September 20th, 2009

Merlot? Cabernet Sauvignon? Shiraz? Edging material? Some creative folks at the local community garden I volunteer for think so. The process is fairly simple. Fill empty wine bottles with common...

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Bethel Nursery to Host Free Annual Fall Landscape Expo

MGSPress, member | September 16th, 2009

Bethel, Conn: Hollandia Nurseries & Gardens and Hollandia Gift and Garden will be hosting an Annual Fall Landscaping Expo Sept. 19-20. This event will consist of two full days of workshops...

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Low Tech Lifting Aid for the Garden: Potlifters

ShirleyBovshow, member | September 4th, 2009

I found the "Potlifters" product, a low tech tool to help you lift heavy things like bags, stone and more in the garden with ease. It's just a simple strapping system and works great! I visit garden...

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Naturalized Waterfeatures

Sungardener, member | August 25th, 2009

This video shows the art and science of building naturalized water features. Landscape Architect and media host, J. Gieo Pensoneault, shares the secrets for creating alpine water...

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