It's fragrant, fast-growing, green, and compliments fruits, vegetables and meats. It's also its own ice cream flavor. So what's not to love about mint? If you've ever grown the herb, you know where I'm going with this, but if you haven't and are interested: read on for the dos and don'ts of successfully growing mint in your home garden. More

If you're lucky enough to have some outdoor space, now's the time to start putting it to use. Or at least lay the groundwork. Once Memorial Day rolls around, you'll want that little outdoor escape, even if it's just a fire escape or front stoop. These five stores have great online catalogs to help you get started ... and you never even have to leave your living room.

Tulip season is upon us, and depending on where you are, it generally lasts about two weeks. Usually it starts sometime in mid to late April and ends in early May. If you ask me, the season for these brightly colored harbingers of spring is entirely too short. But it doesn't need to be. Here's how to extend the color riot. 

I have just a small sliver of a porch outside my apartment and that's the extent of my outdoor space. Luckily, there are plenty of vertical garden options to help me scratch my farming itch by utilizing little more than the brick wall. 

Whether you're not allowed to paint your walls or you just prefer a white backdrop, houseplants are a happy, portable, and landlord-friendly way to inject life and color into your home. 

The snow has yet to melt where I live and, now that the first day of spring has come and gone, I expect to see snow for at least another week. I am itching for some spring greenery. With the holiday weekend ahead, I've decided to forget spring greens outside and will create them inside instead. 

When I moved into my first apartment, I planted veggies in the two front window boxes. But I did it pretty willy-nilly, without any research, and some of those poor plants just didn't flourish. If you're thinking of doing the same, please check this out first for some ideas of which plants do best in shallow soils:

I'm a little late to the game of getting my spring seed orders in (if you hurry there is still time) and as usual I am trying to grow things that I either can't find in the grocery store or that I think will surprise and excite visitors to my kids' farmers market stand.  James Wong is providing excellent inspiration in my hunt.