If you can grow vegetables in less space, what about flowers? Our new cutting garden plans show you how it can be done. During the summer months, we like to keep a fresh bouquet of flowers in our reception area. I cut this bouquet from one of our two cutting gardens and just plunked it into a vase. No flower-arranging skills required! I planted the beds in early May, using the wooden planting grid from our Square Foot Garden Kit to mea…

…even fragrant. With so many to choose from, picking a hosta or two for your own garden can be daunting. Here’s what I look for to help narrow the choices: Mature plant size. Miniature hostas grow only 8-10” tall and less than 12-15” wide, making them ideal for small landscapes, containers, foreground and garden edging. At 3’ tall and up to 6’ wide, the largest hostas create dramatic landscape accents. Plant these in large groups for a low-mainten…