Best Uses for the Tomato Harvest -- Gourmet Tomato Sauce for Rigatoni 
Mmmm! I love fresh tomatoes. My husband and I walked back from the garden yesterday evening with a 3 gallon bucket full. No one in my family complains ...

My First Harvest! 
Heirloom Cincinnati Market Radishes. All of these came from ONE 5 gallon tub. Container gardening FTW!
My first harvest this year.
They are VERY spicy,...

I'm a Gardener! 
Thanks to RickVanMan on YouTube, I have been inspired to start a garden this year! It's a raised bed garden, and so far, it seems to be going well! I ...

Container vege gardening in Portland, OR- part 2 
I am fairly certain that I’m falling into the trap that many new-ish vege gardners tend to unwittingly stumble on, only the difference is I’m diving into ...

My first Square Foot Garden 
To anyone considering making a Square Foot Garden, do it. I built my first SFG in 2004. I had done some gardening before with mixed results but I always ...

Gardening Frustration  
This is my first attempt at container gardening this year. I started small as I only had 4 tomato plants, 1 bucket with green beans and 1 with sweet peppers....

Smart Gardener  Not rated yet
SmartGardener.com is a free personalized online service that makes it easy and convenient for individuals and community gardeners to plan, manage, harvest ...

Self Watering Containers in dry California  Not rated yet
Hi, Rick. I am thrilled to find your website! Like you, I am trying to grow as much of my own food as possible in a small urban yard. The small size ...

Handy Nutrient Trouble Chart  Not rated yet
When growing in containers, watering schedules are important.

It is also easy to get fertilizer out of balance.

The chart here can help you start ...

Sustainability Through the Consumption of Things Conserved  Not rated yet
"In other environmental issues we tell people to stop something, reduce their impact, reduce their damage," - US Ecologist Gary Nabhan
Since the beginning ...

Container Gardening for Health: The 12 Most Important Fruits & Vegetables for Your Organic Garden  Not rated yet
So happy to find this blog!

I've just published a book called Container Gardening for Health: The 12 Most Important Fruits & Vegetables for Your Organic ...

Buying A Hosepipe - LEAD WARNING!   Not rated yet
I've just stumbled across some really useful and shocking information about buying a hose pipe. Apparently, many of the designs contain LEAD! I don't ...