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Wired
August 18, 2008
Clive Thompson |
Clive Thompson on Why Urban Farming Isn't Just for Foodies Urban farming is an excuse to geek out with some awesome tech. Innovations from NASA and garage tinkerers have made food-growing radically more efficient and compact than the victory gardens of yore.   |
| National Gardening |
Container Gardening 101 Today's condominium owners and apartment dwellers do not have to forsake gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway in small spaces. |
National Gardening
Ann Whitman |
Making a Water Garden in a Tub To the uninitiated, water gardens seem complicated, expensive, and fussy. But many of the principles of gardening in water are the same as those for gardening in soil. If you can grow a tomato, you can grow a water lily. |
National Gardening
Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
National Gardening
Suzanne DeJohn |
Savory, Scrumptious (and Safe) Spinach Ensure that your spinach is safe by supporting your local farm or plant some in your garden. |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
Science News
December 6, 2003
Janet Raloff |
Leaden Gardens Recognizing the threat posed by tainted soil, environmental scientists have warned that growing edible plants in soils near streets or within several feet of homes and other painted structures risks extracting lead from the soil and bringing it to the dinner table. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks will keep keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter. |
Science News
April 12, 2008 |
Science Safari: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary . . . One farmer reveals the secrets of compost and neighbors transform a median strip into a lush garden full of edible plants on a website. |
National Gardening
Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
This Old House
Jeanne Huber |
Planting in Pots Container gardens are a movable feast for the senses. Here's how to assemble and care for knockout combinations |
| This Old House |
Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase. |
| National Gardening |
Getting Started with Container Gardening Here's a look at some of the benefits of container gardening and choosing the right containers for your plants. |
| National Gardening |
Cabbage Family Greens These cabbage family greens make great additions to any salad garden. |
This Old House
Kathryn Keller |
Little Green Thumbs When it comes to gardening, kids can't wait to dig in. Here are some ideas to help them get growing. |
National Gardening
Robert Smaus |
The Water Garden The serene beauty of a water garden offers opportunities for all kinds of reflections... |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007
Jennifer Boulden |
Rent-a-Farmer Cultivate a farmer. It's even better for the planet to buy local than organic. Why? Shipping. |
Food Engineering
June 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Space Station Greens Rocky Mountain inventors and engineers have guided aeroponics technology into niche applications around the globe and into outer space. Now they're targeting commercial crops. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
May 2001
Michael F. Jacobson |
News From CSPI There are new reasons to eat lower on the food chain, contends a new book co-edited by David Pimentel, a Cornell University professor of ecology and agricultural science... |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Fall Garden Cover Crops For healthier soil next spring, sow a cover crop this fall... |
National Gardening
Conrad Richter |
Growing Herbs Indoors Even just a few indoor pots of herbs can supply you with wonderful flavors and herbal gifts through the rest of the year. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Disabled Workers Distribute Free Plants An professional garden photographer started a nonprofit web business to help disabled residents work and to help send unwanted plants all over the country. |
National Gardening
Deborah Wechsler |
Growing Giant Tomatoes All about growing really humongous plants and tomatoes |
| National Gardening |
Organic Gardening 101 The gardener who is committed to organic gardening does not simply boycott artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides. He or she is committed to techniques that build healthy soil. |
Searcher
March 2001
Janet Evans |
Gardening Resources on the Web In the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Library, we work with amateur gardeners who want to learn the art and science of horticulture. Like similar libraries, we answer thousands of garden-related inquiries each year. We also routinely use and recommend informative Web sites... |
| National Gardening |
Gardening Climates 101 National Gardening has created its own system of 14 "gardening zones." Rather than minimum temperature alone, these regions are defined by largely similar gardening conditions. Expert gardeners in each region report on conditions and happenings in their region twice monthly. |
| National Gardening |
Planting a Window Box Combine flowering plants and those with attractive foliage in window boxes to add color to decks, window sashes, and porch rails. |
