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As you’ve landscaped your yard and garden, have you kept birds and other critters in mind? That has been first and foremost on my mind over the years. I thought I would discuss how to garden for wildlife today. In this post, I’ll explain what we’ve done in our own landscape. You’ll also learn how to get your garden listed […]
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Gardening can sometimes be a challenge, can’t it? Maybe it’s the weather where you live, plants that occasionally don’t grow the way you expected, or perhaps it’s dealing with small critters that is really annoying. Well, my garden column today is about that last item because I get a lot of questions about it and have learned a few tricks […]
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Do you have a problem with deer getting into your garden? Boy, do I understand how frustrating that can be! While in England last month, we saw a great idea that will afford your garden some deer protection without having to build a tall fence. Interested? We saw this idea at Sissinghurst Castle Garden, which is one of my very […]
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Oh my! The topic for my column this week is one that so many gardeners ask about: dealing with deer. And who can blame them for being frustrated? Here’s a link to the column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Tricks to keep your garden from becoming a deer smorgasbord. Or you can read my column below (don’t miss this […]
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Do deer drive you insane? It seems like they are a huge problem in so many areas of the country. As a result, I get a lot of questions about how to keep them out of the garden. While visiting a friend late last summer, I saw how she is dealing with deer — easily and successfully. And you need […]
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We recently had some unexpected visitors: 3 moose! A cow moose and her twin yearlings came to see us. Well, they mostly came to nibble on our trees and shrubs. Fortunately, they also let us get some pretty good looks at them, while keeping to a safe distance, of course. Bill and I have been noticing that we don’t see […]
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If I had a dollar for every time I’m asked about deer, I would be a wealthy gal! And I can completely relate to the folks who are asking me because it’s a frustrating topic. I know, because we’ve had deer come into our yard over the past 25 years. My husband Bill and I have tried everything, both out of […]
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This photo shows the 4 metal trellises attached to the cattle panel. Here is a link to my column about trellises in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Trellises transform look of fence. Or you can read my column below. I hope you’ll enjoy this one because it was a bit of a departure for me. It’s all about a fence […]
Read moreI love seeing things like this during the winter months. These photos were taken from my upstairs office window, looking down towards our side yard. What you’re looking at are deer tracks coming from our unfenced front yard towards our backyard. As you can see, the tracks do a brief meander before the deer decided to do a U-turn (see lower […]
Read moreI have a large perennial bed out front that is just brimming with all sorts of cool plants. But something happens to that bed during the winter that I’m not too crazy about. Since we live in a rural area, there are a lot of animals we have to deal with. The big ones like moose and deer are definitely […]
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