Hi Everyone. Thanks for chiming in for the garden book giveaway of The Heirloom Life Gardener:  The Backer Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally.  The contest ended at midnight Arizona time.  I will randomly pick the winner’s name this morning and contact that person.  Thank you for visiting Stay Gardening. You are wel [...]

Your Chance to Obtain a Copy of The Heirloom Life Gardener by Jere & Emilee Gettle is here. The Heirloom Life Gardener captures the story of two people who have built their life around saving seeds. Photo credit Hyperion Books. On Friday December 23rd, I am giving away a copy of The Heirloom Life Gardener:  The Baker Creek Way of Growing [...]

The watermelon plant, Sugar Baby, fits in a rectangular container. The plant will yield watermelon fruit large enough for two people to share. It was not too long ago that growing vegetable plants in containers was the odd way to get food out of the backyard garden.  Thankfully, with large numbers of cultivars that will survive, yes even thr [...]