Tips on growing plants organically in limited space urban environments.
You can use polytunnels in your garden to extend the growing season of fruits and vegetables, protect plants from extreme weather, and grow plants not adapted to your climate.
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Window boxes are not just for colorful flowers to enhance your home’s exterior. They are also great for vegetable and herb gardens.
Building a garden wall is something you can do yourself, but you’ll need to think carefully about techniques, materials, and costs.
You don’t need a large garden bed to grow potatoes. You can grow potatoes in containers on a balcony, deck, or patio and get a decent harvest to enjoy in late summer or fall.
Cucumbers are one of the most popular, carefree, and easiest vegetables to grow in your garden or in containers on sunny balconies, patios or decks.
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Strawberries are one of my favorite fruits to grow in my garden. Depending on what types of strawberries you plant, you can enjoy fruit almost all season.
Enjoy spring flowers up close every year by planting them in containers. It’s perfect for gardeners with mobility problems or limited space in urban areas.
Bags of garden fertilizer have three numbers on the label in bold: NPK. This is referred to as the fertilizer analysis or “grade”.
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Square Foot Gardening divides the growing area of a garden bed into a grid in which crops are planted. The method was popularized by author Mel Bartholemew in 1981.
Keeping bees in a town or city may seem like a strange idea, as our first thought may be that bees would thrive best in the countryside. But it’s a fact that bees in an urban environment are more healthy and productive than bees found in the country.