Updated Spring 2011: So I’m getting ready to plant our raised bed vegetable gardens again this year. This will be the 3rd season with these and they have been wonderful. If you’re going to build …

Edging Flower Gardens
Edging flower gardens is an easy DIY project once you understand how to do it properly. Edging is a method of creating a clean line between your lawn and a flower garden or …

Today’s guest post comes from Tee Riddle, Author of Veggie Gardener.
Saving Time In The Garden
Just about every gardener faces a few battles while growing their favorite vegetables or flowers. Two of the most difficult battles …

Ask This Old House
Years ago before I left Boston to start my career in construction my wife and I were fortunate enough to be featured on an episode of Ask This Old House. It’s funny …

Raised Bed Gardens
This spring I built several wooden raised bed vegetable gardens so we could finally start growing some of our own vegetables. Raised bed vegetable gardens offer several benefits including better drainage and better …

Phlox Flowers
Phlox flowers are a great perennial choice in rock gardens and above rock walls. Year after year this low growing perennial comes back larger and larger until it creates a large carpet of flowers. …

Protecting Vegetable Plants From Frost
We just planted our raised bed vegetable gardens last weekend and tonight there is a chance of a serious frost! I should have known better than to plant our garden before …

Raised Bed Vegetable Gardens
We finally planted our raised bed vegetable gardens this weekend. I chose raised bed gardens for several reasons with the biggest reason being I wanted to limit how “Big” the gardens would …