Whether it's composting the scraps from last night's dinner or reusing household items around the garden, recycling is an essential part of making your garden more sustainable. On the other hand, ...

Learn to build an A-frame vertical rain gutter garden system with an automatic watering setup. I designed this project in 3D using Google Sketchup. We built this A-Frame garden because our homestead ...

Working with a small garden or balcony space can get tricky. Vertical gardens are a clever way to maximize space, and using ...

Forget average frames filled with photos—add a truly unique element to your walls with this personalized project. Make use of an antique frame you have lying around the house and breathe new life into ...

Fill the wooden box two-thirds full with potting mix, pressing it down with your fingers in order to compact it. Step 2 Measure and cut a piece of wire mesh with the wire cutters or scissors (wearing ...

About thirty years ago, French landscape architect Patrick Blanc became a pioneer in the implementation of vertical gardens in Paris, and later in other cities around the world. Through the creation ...

A vertical garden can be a lovely addition to your outdoor space, but before you jump into this trend, there are some downsides to consider.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember that fairy tale about Jack and the Beanstalk? It’s probably the most famous example of “growing up” or vertical gardening ...

Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of mail from readers with gardening questions and comments. The question most asked is how to have a garden while living in an apartment, condo or even a development, ...

Lisa Seger is a goat farmer and cheese maker who lives with her husband and 30-plus goats on 10 acres near Waller. Since the goats need most of their acreage for grazing, Seger grows vegetables in ...

Using seedlings will give you a head start on growing herbs for your kitchen. Harness vertical space with these instructions for a PVC pipe planter. This vertical herb planter allows anyone to grow ...

Amy Andrychowicz is bucking conventional gardening wisdom. In “Vertical Vegetables: Simple Projects That Deliver More Yield in Less Space” (Quarto Publishing Group), the first-time book author ...