Growing Annual Vines in Pots
Over the past three years I’ve been growing various annual vines in containers, trying about 6-8 different varieties of the most commonly found annual vines, each year. As you may have discovered yourself, annual vines like morning glories while beautiful and easy to germinate, can,…
Four Garden Planning Tools You Need This Year
Are visions of bountiful gardens dancing in your head? Here are four essential garden planning tools to help you kick off your best garden season yet. My Journey to Creating the Garden Planning Tools I was sorely lacking in a streamlined approach my first few…
Fittonia: How to grow and care for the nerve plant
The colorful leaves of fittonia make it among the most interesting houseplant varieties you can grow. Also known by the common names of the nerve plant, the net plant, and the mosaic plant, it’s easy to see why this native of tropical rainforests has become…
Growing Community Against Steep Odds: A Community Garden Story
Read about how one suburb created a community garden that demonstrates a permaculture response to land repair, community fellowship, and growing food. A “Simple” Community Garden Our community garden is on a college campus high on a ridge overlooking the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio,…