As summer approaches, more people are likely to take weekend trips. Weekend travels cause home gardeners to be away from their gardens. By using self-wicking or self-watering containers, gardeners ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Our South Texas Gardener, Gabriel Vega, explains how to turn our plastic containers into self watering planters for our gardens. How to turn a simple plastic bottle into a self ...

Recently, I was at my local food co-op and chatted with a friend about her gardens. She told me that she is having fabulous luck growing tomatoes, peppers and more in a bucket system she constructed.

A: There is no denying that Mother Nature has been on our side this summer, but containers especially can be a tricky business when it comes to watering. With limited access to spread their roots and ...