Vegetable Gardening On A Slope Links

An Old East Dallas landscape's new gardener made room for wildflowers

An Old East Dallas landscape's new gardener made room for wildflowers

Master Gardener: For busy green thumbs, raised beds require less maintenance, extend growing season

There are many reasons for building raised beds in the garden. Raised beds give the garden a framework, they reduce soil compaction and they extend the growing season.

Dikes, terracing help solve problems related to gardening on slopes

While many of us garden on the flat down here in the farmed areas of the valley, quite a few also do so on slopes. Slope gardening can present its own set of unique and challenging circumstances to be overcome. Here are a few tips for success.

Downtown on the Farm

The vision came to Tim Smith early last year. He and his wife Dani, both film buffs, were screening documentaries for the 2009 Cleveland International Film Festival. One of the films, Fresh, featured a large-scale, sustainable urban greenhouse project in Milwaukee called Growing Power.

Parking strips designed for beauty and drought tolerance by Portland gardeners

Three Portland gardeners come up with water-efficient designs for dead space between street and sidewalk.