Apt Garden

Sunflowers Emerging 2012 Last year I harvested a lot of sunflower seeds.  This year I planted the seeds along the fence to create a wal...

Apple Carton Seedling Starter This empty apple carton looked like it could be a great seedling starter.  Keeping the soil evenly moist ...

Photo 1: Korean Star Melon Photo 2: Korean Star Melon Seedlings.  I threw scraps of Korean Star Melon into my worm compost bin weeks ago....

Photo: Young pumpkin plant I planted a couple of pumpkin seeds directly in the soil earlier this month.  I hope I planted them in time for ...

Although tomatoes are easy to start from seeds, I purchased several different varieties of heirloom tomato transplants from Home Depot.  Th...

Photo: Two transplant flats are placed side by side inside a Target plastic shopping bag.   The handles are tied on the side. You can easil...

Some people find it difficult to start bell pepper plants from seeds, but I find it really easy to start new bell pepper plants from k...

Photo 1: Lettuce and Nasturiums growing in my re-purposed aquarium A small crack developed near the top of my acrylic  aquarium  rende...

Anyone can germinate avocados from seed!  Forget the toothpick method.  You do not even need any soil.  Just wash away the flesh from the av...

I planted some seeds in my re-useable seedling containers about a couple of weeks ago and left them outside.  I was afraid I might have ju...

R e-useable Seedling Starter for Less Than $6 I bought this re-useable seedling starter for less than $6 from my local garden center. It...

I received a bad batch of seeds, and wasted a lot of window sill space trying to get these puppies to germinate. I decided to use the plas...

Sowing seeds directly outdoors may be necessary if there is insufficient lighting in the apartment or if the apartment gardener only has a l...

Seedlings (from left to right): Red Bell Peppers, Sweet Basil, Plum Tomato, Black-Eyed Susan This is an inexpensive and convenient way to s...