A Productive Food Forest Can Feed Your Family

Whether your slope is eroding or not, I've included the best drought-tolerant ground covers for zone 5 on various slope types in this post. You'll find a mix of plant types suitable for full sun,...

Your options for planting in clay soil and full sun areas aren't as limited as they may seem. Several beautiful plants are known to thrive in clay soil and require hours of sun. Plus, the best...

Wet clay and shade combined make for a difficult growing environment and only for the hardiest of plants. The good news is, many of these hardy plants are beautiful, edible, and very diverse in...

Ground cover plants for clay soil are able to tolerate or thrive in clay conditions and have a low height or spreading tendency. Nearly all of the options in this post are low maintenance since they...

While we feed the bees to enhance the pollination of our garden, why not improve our clay soil too? For each flowering plant that grows in clay soil I'll include; where it's known to be native,...

Edible crops that can be grown in clay include a large variety of annual and perennial vegetables, herbs, and berries. I'll cover numerous common and uncommon options for each category including...