Like all my other fruits and vegetables in my container garden, I grow strawberries in a container. Years ago, I used to do this with a traditional strawberry pot. When my container garden started to get a little crowded, though, my containers were competing for space in the yard. I realized that the only way to go was up. People were growing tomatoes upside down, and I’d seen single strawberry plants in hanging baskets before…so I decided that I would grow strawberries upside down.
I make my own homemade Topsy Turvy …

The other day, I wrote about how to grow vegetable plants in an apartment. I addressed what window to put your plants in, and what sort of sunlight they need. But what if you live in a place where there is very little sunlight, or want to start a vegetable garden in your basement? You can grow vegetable plants indoors using UV lights.
What Kinds of Lights Are Needed to Grow Vegetable Plants Indoors?
Technically speaking, you could use any light source to grow vegetable plants indoors. You could tilt a lamp …

Thinking about growing your own tomatoes?  Join the crowd!   Tomatoes are probably the most common veggie (fruit) grown in home gardens.  (That’s not based on any real data, just an educated guess based on the home gardeners that I know on and offline.)   Growing tomatoes is pretty darn easy, extremely rewarding, and it saves you scads of money versus buying tomatoes at a market.
I think that the economy has also created a boom in home gardening, because people are wanting to save money any way they can.
When I first started …

Herbs typically have very delicate leaves, so they aren’t very happy plants in very cold or very cold climates. Because they are usually such easy growers, herbs can grow in containers indoors easily in most cases. As I write this, I have new basil and cilantro growing in little self-watering pots on my window sill (that’s them, pictured here).
What Herbs Grow Indoors?
Honestly, anything that you can grow outdoors, you can grow indoors with the right conditions. All you need is containers for your herb seeds or seedlings, potting soil and …

Last week, I talked about heirloom tomatoes, what they are, and how they differ from other tomatoes. Today, since we’re all about container gardening, I will talk about how to grow heirloom tomatoes in pots or other containers.
The secret to growing heirloom tomatoes in containers is this: There is no secret. Heirloom tomatoes are grown in containers just the way hybridized tomatoes are grown. You need the same basic supplies: large container, quality potting soil, fertilizer (I prefer organic), and some quality heirloom tomato seeds.  As always, the container must …