It's always fun to visit a perfectly-manicured botanical garden, but the best learning often comes in everyday gardens grown by regular folks just like us. Today we travel to the Pacific Northwest to visit the personal garden of Susan Mulvihill, a Master gardener, author, and blogger whose beautiful blooms and smart improvisations just might inspire you, too.

This tiny Georgia town was one of many that never fully recovered after the boll weevil decimated the cotton industry in the South. But the future is looking brighter after one couple provided an unlikely spark, and accidentally started an urban farming revolution smack in the middle of downtown... from front yard gardens to a mushroom-growing warehouse.

The decisions you're making in the garden as this growing season winds down are already affecting next season's success! Joe invites viewers to tag along as he puts the Garden Farm to bed in the fall and demonstrates the simple steps you can take now that will pay off with bigger, better results when next spring's planting season rolls around!

Gardeners tend to go with what's tried and true. A growing season is too precious to roll the dice on some wacky experimental technique that may or may not work. In this episode, foodscape correspondent Brie Arthur- basically a rocket scientist when it comes to growing things- thinks outside the pot to show unorthodox methods that can produce big results in the home garden.

Sprucing up a corner of your yard is one thing. It's quite another, though, to totally transform a property and compensate for years of neglect. "Redeeming the ground" is what one amazing family set out to do when they moved into a home no one wanted. They changed their landscape into something truly special. And in the process, they changed their whole life.

No space is too small or too oddly-shaped for a thriving garden! Whether you have a zero-radius lot, an intimate patio, or just a balcony several stories off the ground, you might be surprised at some of the clever design tricks you can use to create growing space almost anywhere. From cramped and narrow side yards to growing vertically along flat walls, nothing is off-limits.

Eating local and seasonal is more than just a foodie trend. While some people have the time or the land to grow their own food, and some have the expertise, few people have it all. That's given birth to a cottage industry that creates win-win partnerships and reaches far beyond in-town garden plots. Meet the young urbanites who are changing the way we grow and eat.

How do you get the most out of your garden? In this episode, we share tips for achieving a truly abundant harvest and answer some of the tough harvesting and preserving questions that every gardener faces. Along the way, we'll meet a gardener whose picture-perfect homegrown fruits and vegetables actually live forever- on film- in the pages of Cooking Light magazine!

"Four-season growing" is the ultimate goal for many gardeners. Eliot Coleman has mastered it, and he's doing it in one of the farthest corners of the country, in weather that often makes gardening in even one season a challenge. The methods Eliot and his wife use to grow year-round in Zone 5 are ones you can use to extend your season, too, no matter where you live.

This is the inspiring story of a growing legion of farmers who are putting down roots and feeding their country... after defending it in uniform. These second-career farmers routinely find renewed purpose in continuing to serve their communities even after their military duty ends. But it also takes a tireless corps of passionate individuals to support these dedicated veterans.

Jack Chambers traded one career in the clouds for a new one in the dirt. This former airline pilot became hooked on the power of worms after watching them work their magic in his own yard. Now he runs an entire operation centered around these multitasking garden helpers. From worm castings to vermicompost tea, we'll see what Jack and his wigglers have been up to.