Tips for Small/Urban Gardens

At the moment I’m afraid I don’t have time for an in-depth article on square foot gardening, maybe sometime soon though. In the mean time, you can get some of the details from the Square Foot Gardening Website.

This post is to help me (and all you readers out there) remember the recommended spacings for various types of vegetables in each square foot patch of land. In general, the following amounts of each vegetable will maximize (but not overcrowd) your use of a well fertilized one square-foot patch of ground: (more…)

In a small garden it really helps to get the most out of your limited space by taking advantage of all the verticle space that is available.  Lots of great flowers and vegetables can be trained to grow vertically, as long as they are provided with the proper type of support.  Here is some information about the various types of climbing plants out there that I have summarized from an article by Kathy LaLiberte: (more…)

I’m finally settled down in a house where I plan to stay for several years, so this coming spring I will be attempting to grow some asparagus for the first time.  A few quick facts about asparagus:

• Asparagus can be grown in most parts of the United States
• They take about 3 years to begin yielding a crop
• Although they prefer full sun, they will tolerate partial shade

From what I can gather based on my research (haven’t tried it yet), here are the steps for planting asparagus: (more…)