Share my passion for all things gardening!
Bill and I recently toured a beautiful “forest garden” recently. It’s called the Bloedel Reserve and is located in Bainbridge Island, Wash. It was so incredibly peaceful and fantastic, and you know what that means! I took a LOT of photos. Since I know you love gardens, too, I thought you’d enjoy seeing them. So for this week’s video, I […]
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This week’s video is going to be slightly different. The topic is aphids and the beneficial insects that prey upon them. Perhaps you saw my YouTube “short” video about the huge population explosion of aphids in May 2024. I explained how I wasn’t going to worry about them because I knew beneficial insects would come to the rescue. Well, things […]
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I’m so excited about this week’s video! It’s been hard to be patient. But I’ve been waiting for this point in the season to shoot a vegetable garden tour. From here on out, I’ll shoot a monthly tour video so you can see how everything is progressing. You’ll see what we’re growing, hear about any challenges that pop up and […]
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I have a tendency to focus my videos in our vegetable garden because growing food is my passion. But I also enjoy ornamental gardening… a LOT! So for this week’s video, I take you on a spring garden tour. In it, I take you through our back garden where we’ve created some really nice landscape beds. You’ll get to see […]
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If you’ve been following me for a few years, you know exactly what gutter peas are. But if you’re new to me, allow me to explain why this technique is so awesome! Gutter peas involve planting pea seeds closely together in rain gutters. The fun begins once the seedlings are a few inches tall and have developed a thick mat […]
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This week’s video is extra special because I’m joined by an extra special person. That would be my awesome husband, Bill! He really knows how to grow onions and shallots and is very willing to share his methods with you. Bill’s methods center around two main things: A lot of gardeners grow onions from “sets” (tiny bulbs) or onion plants. […]
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Bill and I have been using agricultural insect netting in our vegetable garden since 2022. On Nov. 22, 2024, I wrote a blog post about a problem we encountered with it. I’m happy to tell you that we’ve resolved it so wanted to provide an update. Let’s start with some background on the agricultural insect netting product and the problem: […]
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I get a lot of emails from all sorts of lovely gardeners. One of the recurring questions is “how can I grow broccoli without having insects all over it?” Well, I can really relate because I struggled with that in my early days as a new gardener. Fortunately, I’m always learning new things and feel I have this down to […]
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There is something so invigorating about a new growing season, don’t you think? In this week’s video, I plant cool season crops to celebrate! Those include leafy greens and root crops. You’ll recall that I focused primarily on carrots last week, which are certainly root crops. I’ve had so many questions about them that I felt they deserved their very […]
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I’m frequently told by folks that they can’t grow carrots. When they tell me the plants’ leaves look great but the roots are tiny, I know exactly what’s wrong! And that’s why I decided to make that the focus of this week’s video. But I don’t just talk about carrots. My three main tips also apply to root crops. If […]
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