The fence for the Foodie Gardener Community Garden to benefit the “News From Heaven” outreach ministry is up! Next step is building the raised garden beds and planting the crops.

  Watch my YouTube video- “Grow Mint Indoors: Spearmint and Peppermint Spearmint and peppermint are staples in a  Foodie Gardener’s herb garden and natural medicine cabinet, including those with  Type 2 diabetes like me Blood Sugar Regulation: Some studies suggest that mint may have potential blood sugar-lowering effects.…

If you consider yourself more of a “foodie” and less of a “gardener” because you don’t like the idea of getting your nails dirty, read on! You can grow lettuce, greens, and herbs year-round in a hydroponic planter made from a repurposed coffee container.

Here’s a clever idea: using recycled wood landscape tree boxes as raised vegetable planters! I was on a garden tour in Mar Vista, California, when I stumbled across designer Mary Lee Kuhlman’s practical idea.

I’m growing peppers at the Home & Family show vegetable garden now that warm temperatures during the day and cooler temperatures at night are the current weather trend in Los Angeles. Peppers, both sweet and hot ones, can put up a fuss and drop fruit, or not set…