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My Great Outdoors: Melissa's Garden Challenge

Name: Melissa Location: Greenbelt, MD Type of space: Balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I love to garden and produce my own food but I live in a condo. The space is sma...

How To: Make Shaped Watermelons

We’ve all seen bottles that have pears grown inside them, but have you ever seen a watermelon grown in a box? It’s one of the craziest things we’ve seen in awhile and although it’s not a new...

Seasonal Spotlight: Mulberries

The majority vote on our unidentified berry last week was that it came from a mulberry tree, and we agree! Thanks for chiming in, everyone. While we wait for enough berries to ripen for us to make som...

Grow Your Own Tisane: Best Herbs for Tea
Sunset

We've mentioned how much we enjoy an herbal tisane on a summer evening, and we grow specific herbs just for this purpose. Sunset enjoys tisanes, too, and they have an article up right now with five re...

My Great Outdoors: Casi's Lush Garden and Dinner Deck

Name: Casi Location: Philadelphia, PA Type of space: Back deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I grew up surrounded by gardeners and when we moved to the big city, I wanted ...

My Great Outdoors: Kate's Gift of a Garden

Name: Kate Location: Washington, D.C. Type of space: Urban garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My name is Kate and I’ve lived in and around the District of Columbia my...

My Great Outdoors: Sue's Summer Kitchen Garden

Name: Sue Location: Vancouver, BC Type of space: Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We share a home with my 90 year old Father-in-Law. We live in the basement and so whe...

My Great Outdoors: Victoria's Roof Deck Vegetable Patch

Name: Victoria Location: Somerville, MA Type of space: Roof deck Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We live in Somerville, MA, and our condo building has a lovely roof deck spa...

My Great Outdoors: Jes's Suburban Farm

Name: Location: Type of space: Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We bought the house 13 months ago, and I could not wait to start gardening. The yard had good bones, includin...

How To Grow Your Own Alfalfa Sprouts: Part One

News of alfalfa sprout recalls prompted us to call our mother. Why? Because when we were in kindergarten, she came and taught everyone how to grow their own sprouts in a jar. It seems like a good idea...

Backyard Gardening: First Radish From the Garden

Just before I left on a long trip to the Northwest (cross your fingers for the continued health of my garden for me, please...) I pulled up my first garden radish. It was a tiny, late-planted little g...

Good Question: How Can I Tell If This Is French Tarragon?

Here's an herb gardening question from Alexis:Last fall a local nursery unloaded 10 tarragon plants on me. (Ed. note: NOT pictured above.)They are doing great, and I would love to use them in my cooki...

My Great Outdoors: Margaret's 2-Balcony Kitchen Garden

Name: Margaret Location: Chicago, IL Type of space: Wooden balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I fell in love with this apartment because it has two balconies, a cooler ...

Rooftop Gardens in the City
The New York Times

As part of My Great Outdoors, we've seen some rooftop gardens from you urban dwellers who don't have a backyard. Well, The New York Times is showing off some ambitious city gardens today—and one's f...

Kitchen Garden Harvest at the White House Today

We just read that there is going to be an early harvest at the White House today: some of that big, beautiful vegetable garden is getting harvested by kids from Bancroft Elementary, the same kids who ...

My Great Outdoors: Jennifer's Edible Container Garden

Name: Jennifer Location: Long Beach, California Type of space: Apartment balcony Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: Apartment dwelling often limits a person to creating a garde...

My Great Outdoors: Janice's Raised-Bed Garden

Name: Janice Location: Marlborough, MA Type of space: Outside garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I have moved from California to Massachusetts. I decided to take advant...

The Farm City: The Education of An Urban Farmer
An Interview With Author Novella Carpenter

Farm City is the account of Novella Carpenter's efforts to turn a vacant lot next to her apartment in Oakland into an urban farm. Determined to eat sustainable meat and produce, Novella recognizes tha...

A Visit to the Food Network Good Food Garden
New York

Last week we spent part of the afternoon exploring a new, improved community garden in Harlem. It was a rundown plot of land, but now, thanks to a Herculean renovation by the Food Network, Share Our S...

My Great Outdoors: Katie's Fresh Back Door Garden

Name: Katie of goodLife {eats} Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Type of space: Backyard Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I do so much cooking and love fresh veggies that...

What Have You Harvested From Your Garden So Far?

It's already the middle of June, and for those of you who started your vegetable gardens earlier this year, have you been harvesting anything yet? I am at my mother's house in the North Georgia Mount...

My Great Outdoors: A Raised-Bed Garden in Early Summer

With all of the gardening, outdoor eating, and grilling this month, I figured I should show you my own garden. (You can see Sara Kate's country garden here, too.) This is a big year for me and my husb...

My Great Outdoors: Maria's Rooftop Kitchen Garden

Name: Maria-Mercedes Location: Brooklyn, New York Type of space: Roof garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: I am lucky enough to have a nice private roof area in New York so ...

Grow Your Own: MinifarmBox
Los Angeles

We don't know many decor and gift shops with a patch of lettuce and tomatoes just out the door, but LA's ReForm School is committed to many aspects of sustainable design. Since last month, shop owners...

My Great Outdoors: The Simonses' Garden Necessities

Name: The Simonses Location: East Boston, MA Type of space: Garden Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: We decided to rent our current space after falling in love with the spacious...

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