If you want to make your home, yard, or patio as lively as possible, growing some additional plants is always a great idea. Planters give you plenty of places to put your plants, even with little ...

Forget spending lots of money on a shiny new planter; make do with what you have for a container garden that is truly unique.

There are endless crafty ways to keep plants watered while you’re away from home: You can wick water from jugs, upend wine bottles into your planters, or simply pay the neighbor’s kid to come by.