Backyard Tower Garden

My Tower Garden had its first frost Tuesday night. I didn’t realize that it was going to get down to freezing!. When I got up on Wednesday morning Jack Frost had painted the whole outside with white sparkles! I ran outside to check my Tower Garden and found the leaves to be frozen. I feared...

Urban Garden Potting Bench For my birthday this year Bob built me a new potting bench out of cedar. He stained it for me so it matches our fence.  Bob enclosed the back of the shelf’s so that pots and ‘stuff’ on them would be hidden. He originally planned to enclose the whole back, but...

Vegan Salad Recipe This is the recipe for my home made Linda’s Entree’ Vegan Salad Yield 3 large servings 2/3 c cooked, drained lentils.  Cook it separately from the Basmati brown rice and the wild rice. Takes 15 to 20 minutes. Cool 1/2 c. cooked Basmati brown rice 1/2 c. cooked wild rice.  The two...

Urban Garden Container Garden Hummingbirds Fountain Plant Russelia equsetifornis The Fountain  Plant or Russelia equsetifornis is the one!  Its brilliant red flowers appear on 12-inch long sprays throughout the warm season.  The blooms are 3/4 “to 1” in length and are narrowly tubular, making them ideally suited for the long, slender bills of hummingbirds. Other...

Tower Garden Urban Garden It is now fall and the days are too short.  I have too much shade on my green house so I needed to add some light to my Tower Garden.  I will be growing all winter maximizing my investment.. From my online store,  I purchased a set of 4 T-5 lights. ...

Tower Garden Urban Garden I don’t have anywhere to store my Tower Garden inside for the winter. After I cleaned it I put a plastic leaf bag over the top and wrapped a second leaf bag around the bottom. I taped the bags down with my greenhouse tape. Now my Tower Garden will stay clean...

Tower Garden Urban Garden The crops of vegetables I grew over the summer in my Tower Garden have been picked and eaten with gusto. The flavors and size of the plants and produce were truly amazing. Now it’s time to clean the Tower Garden and get two of them ready to plant for the winter...

TOWER GARDEN IN THE SNOW Here are a few photos of my friend Doug Barlows Tower Garden on his deck in the snow last year. Doug purchased a vinyl greenhouse at a big box store that covered his two Tower Gardens. He added grow lights and an aquarium heater in the reservoir.  His Tower Gardens...

Tower Garden Here is a link to a very good article from Ubran Garden Magazine for a great article for Tower Garden lovers on difference between organic farming and hydroponics. I love the line about organic farming or “terraponics” is about feeding the soil. Hydroponics means ‘water working” Hydroponics is about feeding the plant. http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2011/02/hydroponics-and-organics-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference/...

Tower Garden Vertical Urban Farming It’s officially fall. You thinking your Tower Garden growing season is ending? Doesn’t have to be so! Your Tower Garden is perfect to continue growing even as the temperatures drop and the days become shorter. Extending your growing season is easier than you think. Here are four ways to assure...

Tower Garden To help keep the water warm in the reservoir,  after I installed the aquarium heater, I needed to insulate it to help keep the cold away from the now warm water. I picked up a sheet of insulation foam board at the lumber yard, set the Tower Garden dolly on it upside down...

The nights are becoming colder here in the Pacific Northwest now that fall has arrived. I have one Tower Garden that will be staying outside all winter long this year. I have begun to prep it for the cold nights. Plants grow best when the temperature surrounding their roots is about 65 degrees. When the...