It can save water, but done the wrong way, it hurts the environment and the eyes.

Backyard gardens add value at a time when fresh and local food is in vogue.

Do you save money by growing your own food? Or does the cost of maintain a garden wither any savings you get from harvesting your own heirloom tomatoes?

Marketplace's Eve Troeh did a story on Forage, a restaurant in Los Angeles that uses produce from neighborhood gardeners in their menu. Initially,…