Container Gardening Secrets

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Blueberries from a high-rise balcony? Of course! Strawberries from a windowbox? Why not? Reach outside your kitchen window and pick your own salad? Yep. Thanks to container gardening, it’s all possible, plus much more! Read the story »

Vertical Gardening Secrets

Whether you live on a large farm or a small lot, you’ll get much enjoyment out of having your own vertical vegetable garden. There’s really nothing like fresh-picked vegetables, right from the vine. Gathered early in the morning, juicy and full of nature’s best – mmmm! Makes any produce bought from a grocery store seem downright sub-standard! Read the story »

Maintenance Free Ground Cover Lawns

Maintenance Free Ground Cover Lawns

If you’ve ever dreamed of having a beautiful lawn that hardly ever needed to be watered, cut, trimmed, or weeded, you’re in luck. It’s not just the wishful thinking of a lazy gardener. You can in fact, create a lush lawn with just those specifications, as long as you start by planting the right thing.

So what’s the right thing? Ground covers. Grass will eat up water like crazy, and constantly need to be trimmed, weeded, mowed, and fed. A lush grass lawn is actually a monster just waiting to suck up all your time and energy, while running up your water bill in the process.

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How to Build a Backyard Pond

How to Build a Backyard Pond

Many gardeners would love to have their very own backyard pond, but they’re afraid to try building one themselves because it sounds difficult or complicated. It’s not actually that difficult though, especially if you follow some simple guidelines.

1. First you need to decide where your pond will reside in your yard. You can choose to make the pond the focus of your yard, or integrate it into a larger overall theme. Once you’ve chosen where the pond will be located, you’ll want to mark the spot and shape for your pond.

You can of course just buy a premade plastic garden pond, but the overall effect will be much more pleasing if you try to create something that looks much more natural. To do this you’ll need to use a pond liner instead of a premade insert, but the liner will allow you to create whatever pond shape you’d like.
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