Unlock your creativity with keyhole garden

Q. I have heard of a new type of raised bed system called "keyhole" gardening? What is it? A.

In the Garden: Square-foot gardening is a popular strategy

A compact garden that produces lots of food — that’s the concept of square-foot gardening. Let’s shorten the name to SFG. Coined by author Mel Bartholomew more than 20 years ago, it’s basically dividing raised beds into foot-sized increments and growing a quantity of vegetables or flowers in those small spaces.

Patrons shake off cabin fever with trip to Gardening Show at Porter County Expo Center

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP | If a gardener wanted a bird feeder made from an old tire, or a bottle tree or worm bin, the ninth annual Gardening Show on Saturday at the Porter County Expo Center was the place to be.

Hugelkultur Can Create Irrigation-Free Garden Beds [Weekend Project]

# weekendproject If your yard is big enough that you might have a felled tree from time to time due to lightning or winter storms, you may wonder how you can put the wood to good use. Most people who don't regularly heat with wood just post an ad on Craigslist for free wood if someone picks it up. Instead consider using the wood to form the backbone of a type of gardening bed known as ...

Hugelkultur Can Create Irrigation-Free Garden Beds

Fallen trees aren’t just useful for furniture and firewood. You can use the wood to form the backbone of a type of gardening known as Hugelkultur, which involves burying wood in your garden bed. Permaculture site Rich Soil promotes the many benefits of Hugelkultur: Hugelkultur is nothing more than making raised garden beds filled with rotten wood. This makes for raised garden beds loaded wi ...