Container Gardening Layouts for Small-Space Gardens
Grab ideas for a container garden layout that’s potager-inspired and renter-friendly. Includes a free guide to container potager layouts.
Start a Garden
Learn how to start a potager, or cottage vegetable garden. This category covers the basics of planning a garden, choosing the right plants, and setting up simple systems to garden with success. These posts are for beginners who want to start a small garden and gain confidence. Grow your own vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
Begin here:
- Raised Beds vs. In-Ground Gardening: How to Choose the Best Option
- How to Start the Cut Flower Garden of Your Dreams
- Potager Garden Design: 8 Elements for a Kitchen Garden You’ll Never Want to Leave
- How to Plan Your First Vegetable Garden (for Beginners)
- 7 Themed Planting Plans for Small Vegetable Gardens
6 Life Lessons the Garden Has Taught Me
Discover 6 life lessons from the garden. From knowing your season to persevering in hard times, let these lessons encourage you on your garden journey.
10 Perennial Herbs for a Beautiful Potager Garden
These 10 perennial herbs belong in every potager garden. Learn to design a cottage vegetable garden with perennial herbs.
How to Plant a Low-Maintenance Vegetable Garden
Learn how to grow a productive, low-maintenance vegetable garden with easy-care plants, smart watering tips, and time-saving strategies.
6 Simple Gardening Hacks to Do in 5 Minutes or Less
Once the garden is in, it’s just a matter of sticking to a daily gardening routine for maintenance. Short, consistent check-ins are how to maintain a vegetable garden without burning out. Here are my gardening hacks for keeping up when life gets busy.
Tiny Harvests: Why the Smallest Yields Still Matter
Let’s chat about the joy of tiny harvests and why even the smallest yields from your garden are worth celebrating and savoring.
How to Design a Cottage Vegetable Garden: 8 Elements for a Space You’ll Never Want to Leave
Transform your backyard into a cottage vegetable garden you’re proud of. These 8 essential elements pulled from potager garden designs will help you create a backyard garden you’ll never want to leave.
What to Plant Now for an Abundant Spring Harvest
Direct sow or plant these cold-hardy vegetables, herbs, and flowers in early spring for an abundant and early harvest.
How to Sheet Mulch Lawns into Thriving New Gardens
Turn lawns into gardens with the sheet mulch method. Sheet mulching is a low-effort technique that layers materials such as cardboard, compost, and mulch on top of existing grass.