Any variety of potato can be grown in containers, if your container is large enough. A 16” to 20” diameter plastic container is perfect, and you won't have to worry about gophers or other pests getting your harvest before you do. Here are some tips and tricks for a bountiful potato harvest.

A container tree near your pool adds shade as well as beauty, but you want to avoid trees with flower or leaf litter that can clog the pool's filter system. Heat reflecting off the cement can burn some trees, so you need to be careful. Here are some excellent choices for poolside container trees.

Pineapples are very easy to grow in containers. Even if your winters are cold you can grow this tropical bromeliad, moving it indoors when the temperatures drop. You may even be rewarded with a pineapple fruit in a few years! Here are simple instructions for your container-grown pineapple.

Worm bin composting is the perfect solution if you have no space for a composter or compost pile. All you need is some closet space and your kitchen food scraps to get high quality worm castings for your garden. Here are simple instructions to get you started, good for any type of worm bin.

Worm bin composting is the perfect solution if you have no yard or deck space for a composter or compost pile. All you need is some closet space and your kitchen food scraps to get high quality worm castings for your garden. Here are simple instructions to make your own bin for less than $20.

Recipes for insect and disease sprays you can make at home with common ingredients. Simple and inexpensive, yet very effective.