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Container Gardening: How to plant a fig tree
Gardening

Fig trees are not only visually beautiful—sporting wide, lush green leaves—but they also produce tasty fruit. …

urban garden

It’s Friday and we are heading into the weekend. Here is some inspiration for the ultimate …

How to Build a Vegetable Planter Box: Variations on a classic design
Urban Garden

There have been over 2,000 downloads, hundreds of comments left in the download request form and numerous emails sent by those that are kind enough to share their results.

Designing and building the perfect courtyard garden trellis
climbing walls

Courtyards are always challenging spaces to decorate. But the rewards make this project worth it.

Gardening Project: Planting herbs for a window sill garden
Thyme for green

While perusing through the aisles at Costco, I come across a large shelving unit stocked with …

Building a vegetable planter box for Mother’s Day
SSC Mailbox

I love getting photos and emails from everyone who has downloaded the plans to my vegetable …

Planting tomatoes in a vegetable planter box
growing season
04.20.10

This weekend, after finally catching up with various errands including the yearly submission of income tax, …

Live Earth Farm’s regular season starts April
eat your veggies
03.27.10

Ever since reading both of Michael Pollan’s books, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, …

Spring Gardening Project: Build a DIY vegetable planter box
How-To
03.15.10

It’s that time of year, at least in this part of the world: to welcome spring. …

Live Earth Farm: Joining the ranks of community support agriculture
Eat locally
11.14.09

I’ve waited for about half a year to become a member of Live Earth Farm. Two …

Vegetable Planter Box Turned Herb Garden: Julie writes in with photos
Herb Gardening
09.08.09

I love receiving letters and photos from readers who have downloaded and built their very own …

All-star: Loni’s vegetable garden, planter box how-to guide, and fresh tomato recipe
DIY Garden
08.18.09

You love your garden. And it seems you also like the fresh vegetables it produces. Over …

Solar Update: July 2009 produces my first tomato harvest of the season
nature's bounty
08.09.09

This July was a sunny month and I had more than simply a Sunpower solar panel …

Vegetable gardening with Loni’s planter box: Maintenance Tips
Urban Gardening
07.28.09

Just back from a wine conference in Sonoma, Loni discovers her vegetable garden is overgrown. Time to cut back and prune!

by Chris Wright VIDEO
Clint’s championship peppers are winning the vegetable garden race
Pepper vs. Tomato
07.17.09

Once again, whether it’s my superior planting skills, olympic seeds or just all around good karma, …

Paul B’s vegetable planter box for refreshing cucumber salads
summer salads
06.28.09

I enjoy all the photos readers have sent in with the results of their vegetable planter …

Container gardening inspirations from Murrieta’s Well Winery
Pots and Plants
06.27.09

I spent a good part of a scorching Saturday touring the Wente Family Estate Wineries up …

Vegetable gardening with Loni episode #2: Micro irrigation
Green Thumb
06.20.09

In this episode Loni talks about micro irrigation and how it can make your life a …

by Chris Wright VIDEO
Vegetable Gardening with Loni: Organic Fertilizers
Urban Green Thumb
06.05.09

In this new segment about vegetable gardening, discover some tips including how to make organic fertilizers …

by Chris Wright VIDEO
Monica’s ‘Sail away with me’ Vegetable Planter Box
Cottage Inspired
05.13.09

Monica D. sent in photos of her completed vegetable planter box this week and when I …

Vegetable planter box update from David B. in Australia
How does your garden grow?
05.10.09

One of our most popular articles on StarkSilverCreek is a piece I wrote about a year …