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Western Washington and Oregon in Bloom: Find and Identify the 150 Most Common Wildflowers: A Practical, Pocket-sized, and Beginner-Friendly Wildflower Guide for Western Washington and Oregon. By Ellen Kuhlmann and Mark Turner, Timber Press, 2026 Eastern Washington and Oregon in Bloom: Find and Identify the 150 Most Common Wildflowers: A Practical, Pocket-sized, and Beginner-Friendly Wildflower Guide for Eastern Washington and […]
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On May 24, I wrote a blog post called Outsmart Robins in Your Strawberry Patch. Judging by the hundreds of views so far, we apparently aren’t the only ones with bird challenges! Now it’s time for an update. As a quick refresher, robins love to peck at our tasty strawberries which is a frustrating problem. Bill decided to put some […]
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I am so excited about this week’s video! Why’s that? Well, I do a virtual vegetable garden tour each month of the growing season. And this is the first one for 2026. In it, I take you through our garden, bed by bed, so you can see how everything is growing so far. And even more importantly, I share various […]
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It’s time for my next video and I have to say that it was a joy to shoot! Rather than talking about vegetables, I focused instead on flowering shrubs that add so much to landscape. My goal was to inspire you to look into the options that will work for your hardiness zone. While I love growing perennial flowers as […]
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If you are short on garden space or want to grow more, GreenStalk Vertical Planters are a great option! I’ve grown flowers, vegetables and even strawberries in mine over the past 5 years. And I’m hooked on them. That’s why I decided to shoot a video while planting this year’s veggies and flowers. They are so well-designed, have a great […]
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Isn’t it annoying when birds eat things we’re growing for ourselves? Would you like to know how to outsmart robins so they don’t eat your strawberries? Well, we can all thank my husband Bill for this ingenious idea! He never ceases to amaze me because he comes up with interesting ways to solve garden problems. We’ve been watching our strawberry […]
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My passion is to get folks interested in growing their own food. To help with that, I’ve put together 10 vegetable garden tips that make all the difference. What prompted me to choose that topic for this week’s video? Well, there are little things specific to growing veggies that are so important. You will be well on your way to […]
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This is a nice surprise for you and me both! I thought I’d have to wait 2 weeks before I could finish part 2 on how to grow pole beans. Apparently, the bean seeds I planted had other plans! They really hit the ground running so they apparently were anxious to get out in the garden. Here’s what happened: By […]
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Many of you are aware that I love to grow pole beans. They are so incredibly productive and easier to grow than you might think. And since I haven’t done a video on this topic for a while, I felt it was time for a new one! As I explain in the video, I also enjoy growing bush beans but […]
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For this week’s video, I felt water conservation would be a useful topic. After all, so many regions — within the United States and around the world — are dealing with severe drought conditions. While this is a depressing subject, my video is filled with positive, actionable items we can address in our gardens. Some might seem obvious while others […]
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