Hoosiers with varied backgrounds and skills form a collective with two city farms, hoping to make a living and help the residents eat better.
The Lamona, created in the early 20th century, is a high-quality, dual-purpose chicken breed. Lamona hens typically lay more than 200 eggs a year.
Build this dolly to easily move heavy containers across porches, patios, decks or other flooring surfaces. Excerpted from "Container Gardening Complete."
Some of these podcasts help you develop skills in urban farming and permaculture, while others share stories of innovative agricultural efforts.
Learn how to properly clean and store garden containers to ensure blemish-free pots and disease-free plantings next spring.
Development can have unintended negative effects on soil, but one researcher's method has reinvigorated the growth of trees in urban forests.
Autumn is the best time for forcing flower bulbs to bloom in late winter. Learn how you can pot up bulbs to force them to bloom when the snow is flying.
Attract jays, grosbeaks, woodpeckers and more with this DIY platform bird feeder. It doesn't take long to make and will lure a diverse array of birds.
It takes only a few minutes to build, but this DIY planter shelf is useful and attractive. Use it to grow herbs, veggies and flowers.
These efforts will ultimately help our suburbs become spaces that nourish people, plants and wildlife as well as clean the air and water.
Liven up your next barbecue with this adorable succulent planter. All you need is a repurposed Bundt pan, a few plants and your imagination.
A milk crate garden is a great way to grow a lot of produce in a small space. Plantable, stackable and cute, repurposed milk crates grow great gardens.
