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The topic for this week’s video is The “5 Most Productive Vegetable Crops You Should Grow!” Why did I choose to focus on this? My goal for this video was to focus on the crops that give you the most bang for your buck. While preparing for this video, I strolled through my garden to choose the 5 that would […]
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My husband Bill and I have just returned from a quick trip to Victoria, British Columbia. And anytime we go there, a visit to the renowned Butchart Gardens is a must. You know what that means, right? I took a lot of photographs and have put together a video slideshow to share with you! As I sorted through my photos, […]
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Pruning tasks can literally be a pain at times… specifically in our hands from all that repetition. My new favorite tools are battery-powered pruners. What a difference they’ve made! I subscribe to the wonderful British gardening magazine called Gardener’s World. Early this year, I saw an article about battery-powered pruners and I recall thinking that seemed unnecessary. But the more […]
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I get lots of gardening questions from folks who read my social media posts, visit my website or watch my videos. I don’t mind answering them at all. But one question has been surfacing lately so I want to address it today. What’s the question? “Why Won’t My Hydrangea Bloom?” Hydrangeas are amazing flowering shrubs that are very popular with […]
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You’ve seen our vegetable garden dozens (hundreds?) of times, right? Well, it’s high time I give you a flower garden tour. I did one in the spring but the garden always goes through a transformation throughout the seasons. So that’s the topic of this week’s video! As I explain in the introduction, my husband Bill and I live on 5 […]
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How would you like to take a stroll through our vegetable garden? Well, you can RIGHT NOW! For this week’s video, I shot my July vegetable garden tour and it’s the next best thing to being here. As I explain in the video, I always shoot a monthly tour of the garden throughout the growing season. I’ve been doing this […]
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Is this your first season to grow garlic? Or have you been puzzled about the right time to harvest garlic? Well, I’ve got a new video to help you out! Here’s what you’ll learn: As I mention in the video, fall is the best time to plant garlic. Then you harvest it the following summer. If you planted yours this […]
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I know you’re used to seeing my regular, weekly garden videos, right? But in addition to that, I’ve got an extra treat for you this week. I’ve created a video slideshow of many photos I took while we were on our trip to Provence, France. A lot of the photos are garden-related, such as container gardens or pretty landscaping. And […]
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There’s nothing tougher for a gardener than trying to enjoy a vacation while worrying about their garden! That was the case for me: we took a lovely trip to the Provence region of France. It was wonderful but I was also wondering about my broccoli plants. And more specifically, I knew it would be time to harvest broccoli. (yeah, I […]
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I’ve been on vacation for two weeks so am currently playing catch-up! In my newest video, I take you on a vegetable garden tour for the month of June. During the garden season, I plan to give you monthly updates on how everything is growing. You’ll see which crops are excelling, any problems we’re encountering and how we address them. […]
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