Come to CB2 West Hollywood this Saturday to learn about herb gardening in the shade and how to make kick ass floral arrangements! I’ll be there from 2-4, I hope you’ll stop by, this is th...
I had so much fun at CB2 last weekend, we’re doing it again! OK, so that’s a partial truth. I did have a lot of fun, but the second and third dates were pre-planned. This week we’re...
If you have never been to The Huntington Gardens in San Marino (near Pasadena), you must add it to your bucket list. It is one of the most beautiful public gardens I have ever seen. The gardens are H...
Isn’t this the cutest little window box? I was looking for just the tiny pot to plant some tiny succulents in… What do you think? Any miniature gardeners out there? If you’re new to...
See that sucker there? Suckers are secondary branches that grow in the joints of existing branches. Pinch ‘em off. Suckers take energy away from growing tomatoes. No tomatoes will form on sucke...
Hi friends! Come by CB2 West Hollywood this weekend to see demonstrations for urban outdoor living. I am talking on April 21 at 2pm about creative ways to use this Pony Planter (Indoor herb garden? M...
Allium is the name of a great genus of plants for container gardeners. “Allium” literally means “garlic” in Latin, but botanically speaking, it includes onions, chives, and or...
In case you haven’t heard, I am now a vermicomposter (how could you have missed it, every other word out of my mouth is pretty much about worms! ). I have been feeding them some of my kitchen s...
I would love to meet some Inland Empire container gardeners this Saturday, at Thompson’s Building Materials in Fontana, CA! I’ll be signing books and showcasing a couple of container gard...
Hey San Francisco! Did you see Kimberly Gomes article in the Chronicle this past Sunday? She was inspired by my book to make a cute little colander herb garden. She also shared some of the other idea...
I have been having so much fun with my own sempervivums (see my little mint box and picture frame) that I am thrilled to share this news: Arrowhead Alpines is offering to send one lucky person (in th...
If you’ve ordered a bunch of sempervivums from Arrowhead Alpines like I did, you need lots of things to do with all those little babies semps make. This was a totally fun and super easy little ...
Since I’ve been talking about succulents a lot lately–Got a bunch of sempervivums all at once, gotta figure out projects for all those bad boys!–I thought I would keep up with the t...
I was interviewed for this fun article in the Chicago Tribune. It’s all about beautifying container gardens on patios and balconies: In theory, containers overflowing with flowers, herbs, grass...
This past Saturday I did a demonstration at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show on vertical gardening. One of the things I demonstrated was how to make a succulent photo frame. As promised, he...
In honor of the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen which begins today, I thought we container gardeners could have a sweet sixteen competition of our own. A SEMPERVIVUM Sweet Sixteen. We’re going to ha...
If you’re a fan of Life on the Balcony’s Facebook page then you probably know that I recently bought some neat sempervivums from Arrowhead Alpine Nursery. I have several projects in mind ...
UPDATE: Congratulations Anna, you’re the winner! Now that I have my own worms composting away on my balcony, I think everyone (okay, “almost” everyone) should have worms composting ...
In addition to receiving Amy Stewart’s book, The Earth Moved, I also received a Worm Factory 360 to review. Now you know why her book re-launch is to blame for the fact that I own so many Red W...
Have you ever heard of the book The Earth Moved by Amy Stewart? If you haven’t for some reason, it is a fascinating dip into the world of Oligochaeta and the oligochaetologists who study them. ...
I am so excited to share this guest post about sprouting (which is a container garden of sorts…) by Phil Nauta. He is a SOUL Certified Organic Land Care Professional and author of the book Buil...
Hi container gardening friends! I have two upcoming events and I would so love to meet you all in person… Book Signing – Thompson’s Building Materials on March 17 from 11am to 1pm. ...
This is a great time of year for gardening books. Publishers seem to know that we’re all hungry for spring and help us bide the time with book after book of delicious garden books. Beginners Il...
Hey Berkeley! My cousin Steve recently spotted Small-Space Container Gardens at a bookstore called Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary and Garden Arts located at 2904 College Avenue. I think this is the f...
Ornamental edibles are all the rage these days. Which is kind of funny, because the edibles haven’t changed at all, it’s just that we’re all noticing how beautiful (i.e. “orna...
Hi container gardening friends! I wanted to alert you to a contest my publisher is having to give away a free copy of my book, a special pallet garden collection of seeds, and a Woolly Pocket. The wi...
People often ask, “Can you really cram succulents in there like that? Won’t they quickly out grow the arrangement?” Well… The image above is two shots of the exact same contai...
Have you heard of a new site called Pinterest? It is basically a virtual cork board that allows you to organize and share all the interesting things you find on the internets. Just like other social ...
Have you ever heard of the succulent called Donkey’s Tail? Perhaps you heard it called Burro’s Tail instead? There are actually two different but very similar succulents that are both cal...
I have waited so long to say this: I’m a published author! My book, Small-Space Container Gardens, is officially for sale in bookstores. Well, it just started shipping out to bookstores, so it ...
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