DIY Tower Garden, Best Containers for Container Gardening, and Space Saving Backyard Vegetable Garden Ideas

Start growing good food at home with daily advice, tips, and tricks from gardeners like you. [FGN Daily]( August 20, 2021  Enjoy this newsletter? Please forward it to your friends Garden Design [How to Make a DIY Tower Garden for Vegetables and Herbs]( If you’re like me you’ve exhausted all of your outdoor garden space with fruits, veggies, and herbs and are always looking for a way to maximize garden space. Or maybe you rent your home or apartment and only have a small footprint to work with. In either case, [growing vegetables vertically]( is an excellent strategy. You may opt for a store-bought tower garden, but there are also plenty of ways to craft a DIY tower garden. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [The Cucumber Grower's Gardening Guide Available Now!]( Cucumbers are easy to grow and will reward you with delicious dishes and health benefits! With The Cucumber Grower's Gardening Guide, you’ll have everything you need to know about growing and enjoying this versatile food. [Read More...](  Container Gardening [The 6 Best Containers for Container Gardening]( You’ve probably heard that using old wood pallets isn’t the best idea, because you never know what they were carrying and could be filled with poisons you don’t want leaching into your soil and food. So then, if the most Pinterest-ed DIY project is null, what are the best containers for container gardening when you grow food? Mason jars. That’s the end of the list. Pure glass, no plastic. Just kidding. I mean you can grow a lot of things in mason jars and they’re technically containers and on the list, but we’ll also get into larger containers that you might do some gardening in. [Read More...](  [Basil]( [Food Gardening Magazine August 2021 Issue Available Now!]( Read the August 2021 issue, to explore "Planting Vegetables in the Fall", "10 Summer Garden Chores for a Happy Garden” and “How to Build a Pole Bean Teepee Trellis”! The most delicious part, you’ll also learn “How to Throw a Backyard Pizza Party from Your Garden”. and discover complete collections about Broccoli, Chives, and Melon.. [Read More...](  Vegetable Gardening [3 Space-Saving Backyard Vegetable Garden Ideas]( When it comes to a backyard vegetable garden, ideas are easy to come by. There are plenty of pictures of elaborate gardens with rows of sun-ripened [tomatoes]( entire sections devoted solely to peas, raised beds for root vegetables, and, of course, a fountain and seating area. We don’t all have gigantic yards, though. As nice as it would be to have row after row of heirloom tomatoes and cucumbers, it’s just not realistic when your backyard garden is a two-foot by four-foot rectangle between your driveway and the foundation of your house. [Read More...](  [FREEBIES: Get Them Now!]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ]( [ GET MY FREEBIEÂ](    You are receiving this email as part of your free subscription to email updates from Food Gardening Network. If you no longer wish to receive this update as part of your free subscription, please click the unsubscribe link below. [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [Unsubscribe]( Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address [Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com](mailto:support@foodgardening.mequoda.com) to your address book may 'whitelist' us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( [Send us a message]( Did a friend send this to you? [Sign up to receive your own FREE advice about growing food at home.]( Copyright © 2021 Mequoda Systems, LLC Food Gardening Network 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900, Boston, MA 01970 Email: Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com [Our Privacy Policy]( Having trouble viewing this email? [View online](.