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What Makes a House a Home: Amy Pennington
By Amy Pennington
Amy Pennington, food writer and organic gardener (and author of Apartment Gardening), lives in a Seattle apartment overlooking the Cascade Mountain range. A passionate cook, she grows vegetables and herbs on her deck, which supply her kitchen throughout the year. Here, she shares with us What Makes a House a Home.
Related Topics: Ideas | Brown | Green | Amy Pennington | apartments | bloggers | Container gardening | Entertaining | kitchens | vegetables | What Makes a House a Home
Forcing Indoor Bulbs
By Kevin Lee Jacobs
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Now is the time to get forced bulbs ready—we show you how! Plus: How a gin cocktail keeps paperwhites short and manageable.
Related Topics: How-To | Blue | White | Yellow | Flowers | Bulbs | Container gardening | flowers | How-To | Kevin Lee Jacobs | Winter
Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Books as Planters
By Claire Lui
Gartenkultur of Italy transforms books into witty and whimsical planters, using hardback and paperback volumes to create an array of unusual planters.
Related Topics: Container gardening | Brown | Green | Container gardening | crazy plant trend of the day | plants
Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Window Box Car Bumper
By Claire Lui
A man who turned his car's bumper into a window box!
Related Topics: Ideas | Container gardening | crafts | crazy plant trend of the day | DIY | plants | window box
Potato Magic: How to Grow Potatoes
By Kevin Lee Jacobs
Of all the root vegetables I grow, it is the potatoes that give me the biggest thrill at harvest time.  I love to stick my hands in the soil and retrieve the buried bounty, with a yield of eight to ten potatoes for every one that I plant.
Related Topics: How-To | Brown | Green | Container gardening | potatoes | raised bed gardening | vegetables
Crazy Plant Trend of the Day: Bottle Cap Plants
By Claire Lui
Reuse your plastic bottle caps as planters—yep, it's the crazy plant trend of the day.
Related Topics: Ideas | Green | Container gardening | crafts | crazy plant trend of the day | plants
Step-by-Step: Growing Salad Greens
By Lise Funderburg
How to grow salad greens in a container garden.
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Container gardening | Growing edibles | Plant guide | vegetables
Tovah's Top 10 Terrarium Tips
By Tovah Martin
The expert's guide on container choice, plant selection and maintenance of your garden-in-a-jar.
Related Topics: How-To | Brown | Container gardening | Containers | Designing With Plants
20 UK Garden Shopping Hot Spots
Traveling to the United Kingdom? Be sure to stop at these garden stores and nurseries. 
Related Topics: Places | Container gardening | garden shops | Plant guide | Resources | Shops | Sites We Love | Travel | Victorian
Stretch the Season with Container Plantings
By Bill Marken
Fresh combinations for container plantings from Seattle landscape designers Glenn Withey and Charles Price. 
Related Topics: How-To | Green | Purple | Container gardening | Designing With Plants | Plan your garden
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