Cooked and bottled hot pepper sauces will keep for several months and only get better with age. When you make your own you can vary the heat to fit you own tastes, and add other flavors as well. Here are some basic hot sauce recipes and some great variations with which to experiment.

Cucumbers are so fresh and cooling on a hot summer's day. Here are three recipes for some cucumber favorites using your fresh-picked container garden cucumbers: Cucumber Sour Cream Salad, Cucumber Relish, and fresh and spicy Cucumber Kimche.

Do you want to grow your own fruit or nut trees but have no garden space? Or do you live in a very hot or cold climate and the tree would die if left outside? Then plant a fruit or nut tree in a container! Here is how to successfully select fruit and nut trees for your container garden.

Fruit and ornamental trees are a wonderful addition to your container garden. Here are step-by-step instructions for planting bare-root, burlapped, or container-grown trees, and for caring for your newly-planted tree.

Did your Bearded Iris not bloom well this year, or not bloom at all? Are your iris plants so crowded that it looks like the rhizomes are trying to crawl out of their container? Then it’s time to divide and replant. Here are step-by-step instructions for reviving your iris.

For a healthy, productive, and beautiful container tree, you'll need a good container and excellent container soil. Here are tips for choosing your container, a formula for calculating how much soil it will hold, and a recipe for mixing an excellent soil for your tree.

A wide variety of trees can be successfully grown in containers, not just the dwarf varieties that normally come to mind. So don't hold back! Here are some tips on how to choose a tree for your container garden.

Ceramic and terra cotta clay pots are an excellent choice for container plantings and can add great beauty to your container garden. Here are some tips for using and ideas for decorating with ceramic and clay containers.

Easy to follow instructions for making your own wooden planter box for your container garden.

There are hundreds of varieties of strawberries adapted to a wide range of climates, and three main types based on when the plants bear fruit. Here is a summary of strawberry types with a list of some of the best varieties.