Wow!  Garlic from my garden!  What a cool concept!  This is the first time I have grown my own garlic - and it is more fun than I had expected.  

I loved cutting down the garden scapes earlier in the summer and now it is time...

One of the challenges that I have been faced with since gardening has been timing.  I am growing tomatoes because I want fresh salsa.  I am growing cilantro and jalapeno peppers for the cilantro - but sometimes they are not ready at the...

A Backyard Farm has two types of gardening plans, monthly consultation and weekly maintenance. For the weekly maintenance they come to your home on a weekly basis. During the visit they will weed, fertilize check for pests, plant and harvest. Then...

Colleen from A Backyard Farm shares the story of the raspberry bushes.  My raspberries got planted last fall in hopes for a bountiful raspberry lot this summer - unfortunately the winter was very harsh and these little guys just didn't make...

When A Backyard Farm installed my garden last year I was given a list of various plants to choose for my garden.  When I selected carrots I assumed that I would get carrots.  Plain and simple - like carrots at the grocery store.  Oh...

When I got my garden set up last year, one of the WONDERFUL features was getting the irrigation set up.  Yes, I don't have to remember to water.  What a relief.  Oh I have good intentions to water it every day, multiple times a day....

One of my favorite crops last year was the potatoes.  Why the potatoes you ask?  Yes, I can buy organic potatoes at the farmers market or at my neighborhood co op, but the whole process of planting, watching them grow and then of course...

In Minnesota we are starting our first garden crops - and since it is still cold, we focus on cold weather plants.  On the Backyard Farm Fan Page, one fan asked what are some good examples of cold weather plants? What can I get started on in...