Practically-free tub vegetable gardens

Karen McKnight, an Arkansas reader of Loving Nature’s Garden, wrote to tell me about her frugal, practically-free, tub vegetable gardens.

Karen is 67 years old, lives on social security, is a breast cancer survivor, and has a back problem. She is obviously resourceful and determined to still be gardening. I wanted to know more.

Karen’s vegetable garden [...]

How to get more of what you want from your garden

Spring is a busy time. Let’s make the most of your time in the garden.
I’ve set up a short, 3 question survey for you share what you need.

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Thanks for taking the time [...]

Reader question: Clara's vegetable garden plan

So much depends on a little red wagon by Exquisitur

Today’s post is about Clara’s brand new, empty vegetable garden.

Clara sent me questions about her garden.

I used Clara’s questions to put together a square foot gardening plan and a report for her.

About Clara and her garden

Clara is a regular reader of Loving Nature’s Garden. She [...]

How does square foot gardening work?

What is square foot gardening?

Square foot gardening is a raised bed vegetable gardening method developed by Mel Bartholomew and explained through his best selling book All New Square Foot Gardening (2006).

Notably, All New Square Foot Gardening is the best-selling gardening book of all time. It has sold over 2 million copies.

What is different about square [...]

10 no-fuss foods for your garden

Nasturtiums by krossbow

My sister and I skipped round the sunlit garden, nasturtium seeds in hand. Gardening was a mystery to me, but everything was fun with my big sister.

Scrape the baked-hard soil among the stones and make a dent, pop in a nasturtium seed, cover it up, water it, and wait.

Easy to grow and [...]