VALPARAISO — Scout Troop 35497 of Washington Township Elementary School recently helped obtain rain barrels for the vegetable garden at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Valparaiso. As part of the ...

A variety of pollutants can get into rain-barrel water, which is why it's generally recommended to be used only on ornamental plants, not edibles. Q: I have been using a rain barrel for several years ...

Note: A version of this column ran Jan. 15, 2016. Virtually any container that you can cut or punch drainage holes into can be used for vegetable gardening. Styrofoam ice chests, livestock watering ...

Do you have a green thumb? Maintaining your garden at home might become a little less expensive if you have a rain barrel. Rain barrels collect and store rainwater from your roof. You can use the ...

Pick the right plants and pots, and you can grow a bounty of vegetables in containers—here’s how. Reviewed by David McKinney It’s fun and easy to grow vegetables in containers, on a sunny deck, porch, ...

Many folks would love to grow their own fresh vegetables, but perhaps they are short on space and/or time. If you’ve got space for a pot of flowers on the patio or balcony, then you too can grow ...

Growing up on a farm, I thought everyone had an acre or two set aside as a vegetable garden. It wasn't until I owned my first home that I was faced with starting a garden from scratch in a different ...

Are you new to vegetable gardening? Or have you had trouble starting summer vegetable, herb and flower seeds in the past? Enroll in my Easy Seed Starting Online Course to learn the best, easiest and ...