Chris McLaughlin has been an avid small-space gardener for more than 30 years and a Master Gardener since 2000, and she small-scale farms with her family in Northern California. Chris writes for such magazines as Urban Farm Magazine, The Herb Companion, and The Heirloom Gardener. Online, Chris is a regular contributor at Vegetable Gardener.com and Blissfully Domestic.com. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Composting, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Heirloom Vegetables, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Small-Space Gardening.

Chris McLaughlin has been an avid small-space gardener for more than 30 years and a Master Gardener since 2000, and she small-scale farms with her family in Northern California. Chris writes for such magazines as Urban Farm Magazine, The Herb Companion, and The Heirloom Gardener. Online, Chris is a regular contributor at Vegetable Gardener.com and Blissfully Domestic.com. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Composting, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Heirloom Vegetables, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Small-Space Gardening.

Chris McLaughlin has been an avid small-space gardener for more than 30 years and a Master Gardener since 2000, and she small-scale farms with her family in Northern California. Chris writes for such magazines as Urban Farm Magazine, The Herb Companion, and The Heirloom Gardener. Online, Chris is a regular contributor at Vegetable Gardener.com and Blissfully Domestic.com. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Composting, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Heirloom Vegetables, and The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Small-Space Gardening.