In her new book Raised Bed Revolution: Build it, Fill it, Plant it ... Garden Anywhere! Tara Nolan explains the basics and benefits of gardening with raised beds. Tara suggests creative ways to use raised beds, and demonstrates how gardeners can: Expand the growing season: Soil in raised beds thaws much quicker than soil in ground gardens, allowing gardeners to get a head … [Read more...] about Creative ways to use raised beds
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Landscaping ideas for new home owners
Consider this: You’ve just made one of the most important and most expensive investments of your life — you’ve bought a brand-new house with an empty garden. What’s next? As a new homeowner, you want to feel confident that you’ve made a smart decision. While it may be a temptation to imagine that the exterior footage is not part of the house’s purchase value, the reality is, … [Read more...] about Landscaping ideas for new home owners
“Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs” comes with recipes
Two of our Garden Making contributors have produced a new book, “Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs: Keeping Chickens in the Kitchen Garden with 100 Recipes.” The book is written by Signe Langford, with photographs by Donna Griffith. It tells the personal story of Signe’s longtime love of raising and caring for chickens in her city garden. Backyard hen-keepers — current or … [Read more...] about “Happy Hens & Fresh Eggs” comes with recipes
