Starting yesterday, Slow Food Nation has begun stripping up the sod in front of San Francisco's City Hall in preparation of planting a large victory garden. With food prices rising and arable land shrinking, cities worldwide are encouraging urban gardening. More

Still thinking about a garden? It's not too late to start! You can still buy a few herb plants or even start late summer greens from seed in a container garden. Sonia of our sister site Unplggd turns out to have even more talents. She just gave us a whole bunch of tips and photos on creating cheap, creative planters for your container garden. Take a look at her tips on using cheap containers from Target and IKEA to make a bright and colorful garden.

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The Ferry Building is a historic building that opened in San Francisco in 1898 and was a major transportation hub in San Francisco before the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge were built. Damaged in the 1989 earthquake, the Ferry Building was restored as a food market hall. More

Yet another great idea for small-space gardening that we've found this week: the hanging tomato planter! More

One of our favorite herbs is shiso, which is also known as Japanese basil, perilla and beefsteak. It's been showing up in big, healthy bunches at the Alemany Farmer's Market recently - this bunch in the photo above cost only $1! More

Last week, we opened the kitchen pantry door to grab a new bag for the compost bin, and noticed these strange white tube-like things poking through the shelf. Wha? Upon closer inspection, we discovered that the bag of potatoes on the shelf below the compost bags had sprouted. More

We saw these garden tubs on wheels over at AT:Chicago yesterday and thought you all might enjoy seeing them too. This is a very clever idea, and after all the years we've spent dragging huge pots back and forth on our porch, we're wondering why these didn't come along sooner. More photos and purchase info below... More

We're still on a window box kick, dreaming of hanging our herb garden out the window soon. Are you with us? Well, here's a sale alert for you. Smith & Hawken's window boxes are 20 percent off right now... More

Garden Month is swinging along, and we're watching our little seed pellets carefully for the first sign of a sprout. Gardening, especially starting seeds, brings out the most childlike in most of us; no matter how many times you've seen it, it's still magic to see those first green shoots.

In that spirit, here are a few small plants that reinforce and play up that sense of childlike fun in the garden. These are also great if you really, truly have no space or time to keep a garden this spring. Can you find room for just one little Eggling? More