Putting Together Vegetable Garden Planters

Aside from the beautiful flowers and good-smelling herbs people often associate with garden planters, vegetables also do great in these contained and compact environments. Depending on the planter size, most anything can be grown within, especially is care is taken to choose more dwarf or bush varieties, which take up even less space.

Some of the best vegetables for garden planters include the following:

Tomatoes: Small Fry, Saladette, Toy Boy, Spring Giant, Pixie, and Tiny Tim

Radishes: Scarlet Globe, White Icicle and Read the rest of this entry »

Planting A Vegetable Garden Reaps Hidden Health Benefits

Planting a vegetable garden is a healthy way to relieve stress, eat healthier and safer – because you control what goes on your vegetables, provide better nutrition to your family with fresh vegetables, and get some exercise while enjoying the warm sun and environment.

You can challenge your creative side by laying out your vegetable garden so that your space looks great. Whether you have a huge area for a vegetable garden, a small area, or just a deck or patio by being creative you can use your space optimally. There is nothing more satisfying than growing your own vegetables in your own vegetable garden without the use of Read the rest of this entry »

Starting a Summer Window Box Garden

Starting your own vegetable garden can be a great idea. Window boxes are one way to start a simple vegetable garden that can easily be accessed from a window, deck, or patio. Get some fall and summer window box ideas about starting your own vegetable garden and learn about window box gardening. As more people turn to organic and whole foods, gardening will continue to grow in popularity. Window box gardening makes learning how to garden fun, simple, and convenient and it gives you some ideas on how to use your window boxes year round.

Weather you’re a beginner or a pro, a window box is a simple and convenient way to maintain a miniature garden. Depending on the season, different plants and techniques are recommended to best optimize your garden. As summer comes to an end and fall approaches, your window box garden will need some additional considerations to produce a healthy garden crop.

The first consideration is Read the rest of this entry »

Easy How-to for Urban Gardening of Healthy Organic Vegetables

Many people who live in an urban setting think that they cannot take advantage of the benefits of having their own vegetable garden due to space concerns. This is a common misconception. All it requires is a little Read the rest of this entry »