Magic Herb Garden

I’m not bashful about this one. I love seeds. I love growing annuals from seeds and perennials from seeds and vegetables and even now I love starting trees from seeds. ...

By taking a vegetable that you already love and growing a unique version of it, you’ll not only have the pleasure of picking your own food right from your planter, you’ll be able to treat yourself to something that you wouldn’t otherwise have a chance to enjoy.

Actually, for what it’s worth – here are the plants that I think are best suited to balcony vegetable gardens:
Beans, peas, some cucumbers, some sweet peppers, hot peppers, tomatoes, some eggplants, salad greens but not many cabbages and most annual herbs.

Living in Toronto, it’s easy to be jealous of someone in the south with a growing season that seems to me to last all year. But you live where you live and ...

If you have a 20×20 foot plot in the ground you can afford to take a chance, but when you only have a small amount of room, go with a proven winner that you know you’re going to enjoy.

I was looking for a combination of decent yields for the work and – I guess you’d call it -functionality. I wanted vegetables that could be eaten immediately or could be preserved or could provide a sustained yield for a long time.

You want your backyard to look unique, and there are a number of things you can do to achieve this look. You can plant certain flowers, add unique lawn furniture, add ...

Looking for more outdoor garden lights? If you want to add something to your table that works both as a center piece and as a light source, check out these bonsai ...

If you’re looking for another great bonsai to add to your collection, check out the Chinese elm bonsai. The tree, categorized as the Ulmus Parvifolia, is a small evergreen tree that is ...