Colleen Vanderlinden
Colleen Vanderlinden is the author of Edible Gardening for the Midwest and Vegetable Gardening for the Midwest. Her work has appeared in Mother Earth News and Birds & Blooms, and she's the organic gardening guide for About.com. When she's not gardening, she's teaching others how to do so. Which basically means she's obsessed.
In addition to gardening, she enjoys cooking, reading (usually about gardening....) and dreaming of keeping a few chickens. She's also the founder of In the Garden Online, where she writes about gardening, blogging, and everything in between, and Gardening in the Mitten, where she provides useful information for Michigan gardeners.
Latest Stories from Colleen Vanderlinden - Page 3
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How To Build a Container Garden
Building Your Own Container Garden Whatever your gardening challenge, it's very possible that container gardening is the answer. Bad soil? Container garden. Limited space? Container garden. Rented yard? Container garden. No yard? Yep, you guessed it: Con
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Edible Landscaping in Downtown Detroit
Office workers in downtown Detroit have something new to look at on their lunch hours.
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City of Austin Chops Down Shrubs, Sprays Herbicides...After Praising Resident's Garden
The garden police idiocy doesn't end with front yard vegetable gardens. Picture this:
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Toronto Changing Ordinance; Will Allow Front Yard Vegetable Gardens
With all of the bad news we're hearing about overzealous local governments infringing on people's right to garden (from Michigan to British Columbia, and, undoubtedly, several
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Front Yard Vegetable Gardens: Different is Good
Since I wrote about the Michigan woman who is facing 93 days in jail for planting a vegetable garden last Friday, the story has just exploded. TIME, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Geek Mom, CRAFT, Grist, and Daily Kos
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Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden
It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this.
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10 Must-Have Crops For a Foodie's Garden (Slideshow)
If you're a foodie, there is one sure way to get the best, freshest veggies imaginable: grow them yourself!
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10 Must-Have Crops For a Foodie's Garden
If you're a foodie, there is one sure way to get the best, freshest veggies imaginable: grow them yourself! There is nothing on Earth like biting into a tangy-sweet heirloom tomato, still warm from the sun, or growing your own perfectly blended mesclun
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Thomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden at Monticello
In honor of Independence Day, I thought it would be fun to look into what Thomas Jefferson grew in his own vegetable garden at Monticello.
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Organic Garden Pest Control -- What Works, and What Doesn't?
If you're using organic methods in your garden (and I'm sure you are!) you've probably heard several different recommendations for getting rid of pests like slugs, aphids, and tomato
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Three Easy, Low-Tech Ways to Keep Container Gardens Watered
Container gardening is, in many ways, one of the easiest ways to grow flowers and edibles in your garden. You can take advantage of sunny areas, and it doesn't matter how awful
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Garden Reuse: Old Wooden Ladder as a Trellis
I don't know how many rickety old wooden ladders I've seen on the curb over the years. Too wobbly to safely stand on, traded in for some slick aluminum model, these wooden stepladders seem destined for the dump.
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Turn an Old Bathtub Into a Potato Planter
Potatoes are easy to grow, IF they have enough room and plenty of deep, loose soil to grow in. If you don't have great soil (or any soil at all, for that matter) here's a great idea: turn an old bathtub
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8 Easy Ways to Grow a Gorgeous, Useful Herb Garden (Slideshow)
Herb gardening is fun, rewarding, and addictive. Falling in love with the versatility and ease of herbs can bring a simple pot of rosemary to a full-fledged formal herb garden.
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8 Easy Ways to Grow a Gorgeous, Useful Herb Garden
Herb gardening is fun, rewarding, and addictive. Falling in love with the versatility and ease of herbs can bring a simple pot of rosemary to a full-fledged formal herb garden. The good news is, whether you have a windowsill or acreage in the country, y
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Make a Cheap Worm Bin from Buckets (Video)
I'm always looking for cheap composting and vermicomposting projects. Pre-made vermicomposting bins or systems can be pricey. I've made worm bins from plastic storage bins,
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10 Tools that Could Revolutionize Your Gardening Experience
Every gardener has their favorite tool, one that's always close at hand when they're at work. I asked the gardeners I know on Facebook and Twitter what their "must-have"
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Make a Simple Door Mat from Salvaged Wood Planks
If you have a few boards from another project sitting around, or happen to come across a bit of lumber on your neighbor's curb on trash day, why not turn them into a natural, beautiful door mat? Any thin wood plank would do
