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Small Garden Ideas

You don’t need acres of land or even a huge garden to grow your own healthy, delicious food. If you’re the proud owner (or renter) of a sunny balcony, fire escape, patio, postage-stamp lawn, flat sturdy roof, or front porch, you have plenty of room to grow veggies and herbs—and we’ve got a bunch of small garden ideas to help you out.

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5 Gorgeous Gardening Coffee Table Books

It’s entertaining season, and my husband I and like to play our part by hosting a few dinner parties. All those parties, of course, mean lots of guests, and I wouldn’t be a good hostess if I didn’t have some eye-catching coffee table books laying around to be perused, would I?

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Grow Food, Give Food

If you’re a gardener, you already know that nothing beats the taste and nutrition of fresh-picked vegetables. Growing your own garden can improve your health, save you money, increase the sustainability of your lifestyle, decrease your carbon footprint, and—perhaps most importantly—help a lot of people in need.

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6 Great Books for New Gardeners

New gardeners have one thing in common: They have lots of questions. If you don’t have a neighbor or friend who gardens, you can find the answers you need by stocking your home library with a few key books.

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5 Terrific Garden Tools for Under $40

Soil, plants, sun, and water—that’s all you really need to grow a garden. But I've found there are some tools that can make gardening—already one of my favorite pastimes—even easier and more enjoyable.

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How to Get a Kid to Eat Lettuce

While it’s been a cool, slow growing season so far, our buttercrunch lettuce, planted back in late March, looked ready for picking this week.

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The Perfect Planting Pair: Tomatoes & Basil

Well folks, it’s that time of year again: spring! Sure, some of you may have been gardening for most of your lives and have it figured out. But for the vast majority of us, every season is an adventure in learning about growing food.

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My Favorite Gardening Books for Kids

A few mornings ago, we woke up to see an unwelcome surprise outside the window. “Is that snow?” Thalia asked me. “Why is it snowing if it’s spring?” Oh, to see a child’s blossoming ability for logic confounded by the irrationalities of the natural world!

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Garden Lessons From My Parents

Friday is my 4-year-old daughter Thalia’s favorite time of the week, hands-down.

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Stocking Stuffers for Gardeners (They're Free!)

These last minute stocking stuffers for gardeners are sure to bring a smile. Help with watering, weeding, hoeing, and picking in the garden.

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Meet the Urban Gardeners

Urban gardeners use salvaged materials and creativity to build a mini-farm in their backyard. Learn from their experience to grow your own urban garden.

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How to Organize a Community Garden

Running the garden day-to-day requires that someone be in charge of the garden, volunteers, and activities. Forming a garden club helps fulfill duties that get the garden off the ground: establishing rules, reviewing applications, and assigning individual plots....

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Easy Container Combos: Vegetables and Flowers

Vegetables and flowers make wonderful companions -- and look beautiful together -- in container gardens. Try these tips from author Pamela Crawford.