Apartment Therapy: Gardening

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Posts tagged “Gardening”

San Francisco: Victory Garden Project

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 sh...

Book Review: You Grow Girl by Gayla Trail

We're breaking from the norm a bit and recommending a non-cookbook! But with so many of us tending herb and produce gardens this summer, we thought this one was worth the divergence. Gayla Trail is ...

Look! Something's Happening On Our Tomato Plant

Take a look at our little tomato plant. Notice anything different? No? Take a closer look... ...

Help! Is Something Wrong With Our Herbs?

We noticed these little wispy cobwebs on our oregano the other morning. We didn't see any arachnid or insect activity, so we assumed it was a little gift left by a night visitor to our container garde...

Book Review: Don't Throw It, Grow It!

For the apartment or house dweller without room or desire to compost, there is an alternative to tossing your kitchen scraps: grow them. I've done a potato, who hasn't? I've done a mango pit, whic...

Greenbean Gardens: They Grow Produce in YOUR Yard!
Apartment Therapy: Boston

We don't have a green thumb and honestly we don’t really aspire to have one. Incidentally (or not) we don’t even have a smidgen of a yard – our house is literally surrounded by concrete on all ...

Garden Solutions: Cheap and Creative Planters for Tomatoes, Strawberries, and Beans

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 ...

Seasonal Spotlight: Edible Flowers

At the farmer's markets in San Francisco right now, we're seeing a lot of the salad vendors selling edible flowers mixed in the salad bags. Edible flowers are not only colorful and pretty to look at,...

Good Idea: Foldable Greenhouse

Dutch artist Daniel Schipper has designed this foldable plastic greenhouse, which we think is perfect for apartments and other small spaces....

Reader Garden: Aimee's Pepper and Potato Patch

We asked for reader garden photos and tips last month, and a few more came in recently. It's so exciting to see all your beautiful gardens tucked into small spaces - alleys, windows, deck corners. Her...

Hot or Not? Ivy In the Kitchen

Wow - we saw this photo of a kitchen draped in ivy over at AT: Los Angeles, and we had to put it to a vote. We're all for herbs and other good kitchen plants in the kitchen, but aesthetics aside, how ...

Look! First Radish From the Garden

We have rather neglected our little container garden this past week. It was hot, then pouring rain, and we have barely glanced its way. Well, goes to show how much help it needs from us! While we were...

Look! Radishes Creeping Up and Up and...

Look! We had a big rain the last couple of days and the plants in our container garden have gone wild. Garden Month may be over, but we're going to track with our little seedlings all summer and show ...

Good Garden Question: Can I Eat This Plant?

Calling expert Kitchn gardeners - here's one more good question for you. This comes from reader Kristen, who recently showed us her garden. She asks: I recently moved into an older house on an Army ...

Good Garden Question: How Should We Separate and Replant Our Beans and Cukes?

OK, dear readers. Many of you are more experienced gardeners than we are, and we're fine with that. In the spirit of learning, we have a question for you. ...

Reader Garden: Sandy's Well-Watered Oasis

Here's one more small, urban garden from a reader. This one is just so lovely, and it comes from reader Sandy, who overcame some natural obstacles with hard work and plenty of water. She says... ...

Reader Garden: Kari's "Mano Caliente"

Garden Month wrapped up last weekend, but that doesn't mean that gardening is over - we're just getting going on ours. We still have a couple reader gardens to show you today. We loved this email from...

Reader Garden: Rachel's Berry-Patch Back Yard

Here's another reader garden (we asked for photos and stories of your gardens earlier this week). Rachel says, Not much is in season in Baltimore, Maryland during May but there is lots of promise for ...

Reader Garden: Kristen's Interstate Bean Plants

We asked for photos and stories of your gardens. Here's a sweet story from reader Kristen about bean plants sent from her own dad. ...

National Tomato Week in England: Our First Tomato Buds

According to Eat Like a Girl, a food blog based in England, it's National Tomato Week! We're wondering about the weather for our friends across the pond, because we're just now seeing tomato blossoms....

Windowbox Rescue

We’ve been talking about gardens this month in the Kitchn and I’m noticing that I’ve been feeling a little green…with envy, that is. As an apartment building dweller, I have no sunny plot to ...

Reader Garden: Kelly's Lime, Zucchini, and Beaglador

Yesterday we asked for photos and stories of your gardens. Here's our first submission, from reader Kelly. She says: I had two new “firsts” this year: I planted my first garden; I got my first pup...

How Does Your Garden Grow? Send Us Photos

See those? Those are our radish plants. It feels like being back in second grade, watching a bean sprout mashed between a wet paper towel and the side of a glass. We're that excited to see our little ...

Tip: How to Use Chive Blossoms in Salads and Other Dishes

We have been admiring the beautiful chive blossoms on our rapidly growing plants, but we knew we needed to pick them off - otherwise they'll go to seed and stop growing. We pulled off a few to go with...

Our Small San Francisco Container Garden

We don't really have a lot of room to garden at our San Francisco Edwardian row house. Our backyard faces north and doesn't get enough light to grow vegetables, and our south-facing front stoop had v...