People who have never gardened are often intimidated by the thought of growing their own herbs but nothing could be simpler. With all the publicity about pesticides and other unwanted elements in our food, it makes sense to grow your own herbs and spices. It's rewarding, satisfying, convenient, and brings your kitchen closer to the natural, healthy processes that your great-grandparents enjoyed when they ate food they grew and raised themselves. The book Herb Gardening For Beginners: How to Plant an Herb Garden will teach you how you can plant an herb garden and what mistakes you should...

Container gardening is the process of gardening with the use of containers. In other words, instead of planting on actual garden plots in the backyard, container gardening refers to planting on containers. Container gardening works best for people who do not have a backyard garden or do not have that much garden space. Container gardening has several advantages. One, it is very economical. Since you can just buy a container or two and plant, you do not need to spend a lot just for container gardening. Unlike a full-blown garden that requires a heftier investment when it comes to its...

Vertical gardening is the process of gardening that is done vertically or upward. While the traditional gardening process is gardening with plots on the ground, vertical gardening is a different approach to gardening as it aims to plant crops in a vertical position or standing position. This can either be done through hanging plots or with frameworks as long as plants are not planted on the ground like in traditional gardening. There are several advantages of vertical gardening. One, vertical gardening is a great space saver. Since your garden is positioned vertically, it does not take up too...