Do any of you do container gardening INSIDE your apartment?  I live in a tiny place with no balcony or yard, but I juice a lot of greens and I'd love to have some vegetables growing inside all winter.   I'm thinking mostly of kale, spinach, chard, romaine, any leafy greens really.  Do these kinds of vegetables tend to grow well indoors?  Any recommendations on the variety of seeds to buy that do the...

I've never grown my own vegetables. This is my first time attempting it, so you'll have to forgive me if I sound like a total n00b. (lol) I dug up the sod in the place I want to plant my vegetables, but...narrow planter and filling it with topsoil, but I can't find one big enough to let the broccoli and corn grow. I'm about to give up on it altogether, unless mixing the topsoil with the clay will work

I just moved into a new house, and I'm told that spiders are common around here. I saw the biggest spider I've ever seen in my life last night (5 feet from my bed), plus a lot of others crawling around...around aren't effective unless I were to construct a wall of it around my house. Any different, friendlier suggestions for repelling them/getting rid of them effectively? Thanks for your help

This morning I got up early, brewed a bracing pot of tea, enjoyed breakfast standing up, and then headed out the back door with my brand new mud gloves to plant all the little vegetable and herb plants...home, as I was driving down the tree lined avenue to my block, a beautiful, vibrant yellow warbler flew right across the street, directly in front of me, and all I could say was " Don't shout!"

... The nicest people that I have ever met on craigslist came over today to adopt my unfortunately ugly weeping evergreen tree and the last of our rhodies.  They gave me all kinds of advice about gardening and even helped me with some yard work.  So, this is what was there BEFORE we ripped out the tree: And, now, this! It's still sort of a hole, but I filled it as best I could.  We...

 I'd like to start a container garden, but I don't want to go out and buy containers.  Does anyone have any recommendations for things that can be reused as containers for a garden?  I've heard of planting directly in a bag of potting soil which sounds interesting.  I also have some plastic storage bins I can drill some holes in.  Thank you.

Interesting link I found- how to make your own container garden (ideal if you only have a small garden!) http://couponing.about.com/od/outdoor/a/growagarden.htm :)

Hi everyone! So last year I got a small bamboo plant and it has grown a lot since. I had some friends take care of him over the summer, and when I retrieved him about a month ago, a lottt of algae had...at some of the lower leaves, I'm wondering if something's up? Also, is it okay to just pluck the yellow leaves? Sorry if this is all completely logical, I know nothing about plant care... thanks!

Hello! Can anyone recommend a good book on organic gardening for beginners? Thanks in advance!

Both my friend and I are currently battling (and losing) ground ivy in our gardens. It seems that the faster we pull it up, the quicker it grows. He put down some weed blocking material but the ground...the opportunity to grow enough to flower yet, though. What can I do with this weed, if anything? I hate to just pluck things and get rid of them if they can be beneficial to the surrounding wildlife