Most people think having a yard is the first step of having a garden, but inside container gardening is perfectly acceptable for a useful and attractive herb garden.

Mar 29, 2010 - Genevieve Kiger

Leasing an apartment doesn't mean growing fresh organic vegetables is impossible. Container gardening on a balcony brings many options of nutritous foods to renters.

Jan 19, 2010 - Kristin Wood

Plants will flourish when the soil provides the life-giving nutrients they need.

Mar 19, 2011 - Dianne Eason

Turnips are a versatile and easy to grow vegetable for the beginning gardener to try.

Mar 14, 2011 - Brenda McCreight

Beets are tasty, nutritious, and easy to grow. Here are some tips on how to grow beets and two nutritious recipes.

Feb 28, 2011 - Brenda McCreight

The language of the garden can be confusing in the beginning. Knowing the difference between annuals, perennials and biennials can set the new gardener on the right path.

Aug 18, 2009 - Lorraine Syratt

Nicotiana, sweet alyssum and marigolds have similar growing needs. Beginning gardeners will find these annual plants easy to grow when starting a garden hobby.

Dec 5, 2008 - Chris Eirschele

The entry piece to a book-length narrative poem holds even more importance than it would in a general collection. Mary Jo Bang and Ruth Whitman share a technique.

Mar 18, 2006 - Holly Pettit

Cucumbers can be a fussy vegetable to grow - here are tips on to succeed with this tasty summer fare.

Mar 8, 2011 - Brenda McCreight

A successful landscape for a small garden must begin with a clear plan whether it is done as a DIY project or by a landscape designer

Jun 20, 2010 - Marie-Claude Arnott

Jens Jensen was a pioneer in ecological landscaping. His work can still be viewed today at the Ford estate and in Chicago's parks

May 16, 2011 - Frances Simmons

The Pearl Harbor waterfront provides several options to explore World War II history. The Arizona Memorial National Park is the most famous but there are also others.

Feb 14, 2010 - Ethel Brodie

For starting the tessellation journey, it seems appropriate to proceed slowly with an easy to sew project. And what could be more perfect than the snail's trail?

Oct 13, 2009 - Dawn Goldsmith

The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad but a metaphoric one, the name given to a clandestine operation that aided fugitives slaves before the Civil War.

Mar 23, 2010 - Tom Calarco

A monochromatic or one color garden design looks equally beautiful in small gardens and garden borders.

Aug 19, 2010 - Jeanne Grunert

Today for some, container gardening is the only way to garden. Perennial and annual plants or vegetable plants with flowers are ideas for mixed plantings.

Apr 5, 2008 - Chris Eirschele

The best care for flowers, vegetables or a lush green lawn begins with preparing the soil by digging in lots of organic matter down deep where plant roots wander.

Mar 22, 2009 - Marianne Lepa

As Thomas Paine began his famous pamphlet, he drew upon the American colonists' familiarity with the Book of Genesis and the Bible to argue for independence from Britain.

Jan 28, 2010 - Teresa Knudsen

How to write an alluring first sentence or paragraph that keeps the reader reading until the end of the story, and how to end a story

Aug 15, 2009 - Anita Saran