Container or Small Space Gardening


Three Perennial Cooking Herbs

by Linda Carloni Herbs serve us in wonderful ways – they can help with our health, make our food taste better, provide food for insects, and provide lovely scents and beautiful flowers. This post focuses on three commonly used and delicious perennial herbs for cooking. I grow these, and other […]

rosemary

cabbage aphids

Aphids in Summer

Alameda Sun, Thursday, August 11, 2022 by Linda Carloni, Alameda Backyard Growers It’s a lovely warm summer day. The kale plants in the garden have looked lush and productive, ready for salads and sautés. The broccoli and chives have been doing well too. But suddenly — aphids! Aphids are small […]


Grow Vertically

by Fey Adelstein  Like many people this spring, I was inspired to upgrade my garden. I started with the construction of raised beds  2ft in height (to alleviate my concerns about unknown soil conditions). The sides of the beds are framed, creating strength from which to anchor a trellis. Before […]

Trellis for tomatoes

Growing tomatoes

Summer Garden Wrap Up

Pulling Together a 2019 Summer Garden Wrap-Up When we went hunting for input from local gardeners for this article (September 12, 2019, Alameda Sun – see below), not only did our respondents give us good feedback on this year’s successes and disappointments in their yards, they also talked about ingenious […]


Gardening on Balconies or Small Spaces

by Alison Limoges, Alameda Backyard Growers Alameda Sun, Thursday, May 10, 2018 Although the city of Alameda and Bay Farm Island historically had considerable farm land, and still have some large yards, many of us live in multifamily units that, at best, have small patios or balconies. With some thought […]

Gardening in Small Spaces