If you'd like to have delicious home-grown tomatoes but lack a garden to grow them in, you'll definitely want to check out this ingenious and inexpensive self-watering system. Ray Newstead, silicon ...

Containers are great for those that are gardening in small spaces. Though there is the fear of not knowing when or how often to water them. This is why I started to make my own self-watering ...

Watering is a necessary chore, yet it doesn't need to be a challenge. Whether you love it or loathe it, you need to do it to keep plants alive, but you can relieve some of the pressure with ...

Years ago, Dennis Wool gardened in commercially made, self-watering containers because his soil was so poor. When his need for more boxes out priced his pocketbook, he looked around for a cheaper way ...

Wicking beds and self-watering plant pots can produce veggies, herbs, and flowers with less water, and are simple enough to build yourself. Here's how to create one from a food-grade plastic barrel.

I’m not a big fan of container gardening because I work full time and most containers need daily, sometimes twice daily watering during the heat of summer. There are times, however, when container ...

DIY web site Instructables details how to keep your plants healthy by building a self-watering planter from a couple of plastic IKEA storage boxes. The concept is simple. Two boxes are nested inside ...

When the EarthBox came onto the market several years ago, it was an instant success with home gardeners who loved the promise of easy, small-space container gardening. Hundreds of thousands of ...

All hail this humble container. With a tray for soil up here and a reservoir for water down there, a “self-watering” container can be made to produce a sizable crop of vegetables, fruit or flowers – ...

Growing flowers and vegetables in containers will allow you to expand planting space, grow plants right outside your door and elevate them for easier access and maintenance. Unlike growing in the ...