It seems all DIY raised bed garden boxes look the same... Plain. Let's change that. Elevated garden boxes or planters are ...

This is the first episode in our growing food in small spaces series and it shows how to build a raised garden bed made from ...

Try to have part sun and part shade as this will help to keep compost and soil moist during spring and summertime. The key to ...

Q. I have been wanting to get into herb gardening and I like to drink teas. Could you suggest some multi-use herbs that are easy to grow to get me ...

What a gift to be a gardener at this time of year! For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks. But gardeners don’t ...

Straw bale gardens work well for veggies, herbs, and flowers but not perennials or larger plants. Bales need to be conditions for at least 12 days with water and fertilizer before planting. Plant ...

Marie Saavedra joined the CBS2 Chicago news team in October 2020 as an anchor. She grew up in Evanston and is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. A woman in the northwest suburbs offers ...

Recently, my wife and I faced an unexpected problem: garden shame. We were preparing to host a large gathering of neighbors at our house — a meeting to discuss sensitive environmental and community ...