By Reggie Solomon

Kudos to Urban Garden Casual’s own Michael Nolan who was featured in this New York Times article sharing his expertise on upside-side down gardening.

We certainly know a thing about upside down gardening.

We received over 100 reader responses to our post on how to grow upside down tomatoes.

If you’re someone who loves tomatoes, check out our sister site Tomato Casual to become a more successful tomato gardener.

By Michael Nolan

When Lauren Beckham Falcone from the Boston Herald wrote her lifestyle piece for the May 5th edition of the newspaper I doubt she anticipated drawing the ire of gardeners everywhere for her negative portrayal of the backyard garden.

She caught the attention of a tight-knit group of Twitter members, myself and Vanessa Richins included, who decided that we needed to inform her of the err of her ways so that we could perhaps curtail some of the damage her ill-conceived story would do to the readers.

“But Mr. Greenjeans wannabes, be warned: With wartime exceptions, Americans are about 100 years past our agricultural heyday.” says Falcone who obviously missed out on the current series on Read the rest of this entry »

By Cindy Naas

I began reading the Shibaguyz blog after I began writing here on UGC, and I have to say, it is one of the few blogs I visit almost daily in the hopes of finding a new post.

These two men, Jason and Shannon, lead an interesting life.

They also are raising some of the cutest dogs around, two shiba inu boys. Hence, the Shibaguyz.

Recently, they took time from their busy gardening schedule to let me ask them a few questions. I think they have a lot of good ideas for all of us urban gardeners.

Background

Jason and Shannon both grew up around farms. One was raised on a farm, the other had a large vegetable garden tended by his mother. So, after they met, they both knew they wanted to find a little place to live where they could grow Read the rest of this entry »

By Reggie Solomon

• Julie Ann at Jewells in Seattle laments this year’s cool season which is impacting her tomatoes.

• Moonwolf at Guerrilla Gardeners: Now Public captures photos of sunflowers growing under a city sidewalk grate proving gardening can happen in the unlikeliest of places.

• Fern at Life on the Balcony shares advice on how to keep cats from eating plants in your garden.

• Adam at Gardener’s World shares tips on how to build a water feature in a pot for your urban garden.

Urban Garden Casual and Tomato Casual were recently featured on “Rick’s RSS” segment on FOX 61 News in Connecticut.

Rick Hancock interviewed Reggie Solomon, about his blogs during the FOX News show’s weekly segment that let’s you know what’s hot on the web and what’s tops in technology.

If you ever wanted to check out Reggie’s backyard garden and tomatoes, here’s your chance. Many kudos to Rick Hancock for choosing to keep it casual.

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