home, garden, food, and prairie lifestyle
Wow, what an incredibly busy 6 weeks this Yard Transformation Challenge has been. Thanks again to Nat of Simple Family Crazy Life for hosting the challenge and giving me some extra motivation to whip my yard into shape.
Let’s start with the backyard, and work our way to the front. Come on in. . .
Urban gardeners face some special challenges, the biggest of which is lack of space. These 25 gardening books cover all the bases to build the beginner urban gardener’s confidence. I’ve assembled a collection that covers general gardening knowledge, companion planting, composting, small space gardening, and so much more.
Also, I couldn’t resist adding a few just for my Canadian readers. When you’re done, check out my list of 25 best gardening books for prairie gardeners, or anyone in USDA hardiness zones 2 or 3.
Think you have too little space in your city backyard to garden? I’m here to tell you that as long as you have decent light, you don’t.
This year I planted a small garden in my backyard in a designated garden area, amongst my flowers wherever there was space, in pots, and in three raised beds. That sounds like a lot of space, but it really isn’t.
Here are my results.
Harvesting and preserving onions is one of the easier late-summer-early-fall gardening chores that you will do. If done right, you’ll have onions well into March.
If you’ve ever had the privilege to live on a corner lot, you know the struggle. What do you do with that small piece of land that’s facing the street but isn’t your backyard?
You could fence it in, but no one will ever play there and no one wants to be relegated to the dark corner of the yard to “relax.”
You could just leave it be, but all of that grass seems like a wast of real estate. It’s also a waste of your time to mow, especially if you have an electric lawn mower!!
My friends Graham and Sarah have come up with a fantastic solution: grow an urban garden.
Today we’re going on a tour of their yard and talking about the project, the best parts, and what they wish they’d done differently.