Share my passion for all things gardening!
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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With the title of this week’s video, you might fear a lot of things can go wrong with a garden. For the most part, we have minimal problems because we really stay in tune with what’s going on out there. It’s so important that we gardeners engage in a bit of vegetable garden troubleshooting to nip problems in the bud. […]
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Our spring has had a lot of crazy temperature extremes which has slowed me down somewhat. But I finally felt safe planting up my two GreenStalk planters. This year marks my 5th year of using these well-designed vertical planters. My annual tradition is to shoot a video showing how the planters go together and share what I’ll be growing. For […]
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I am so lucky to have a smart, creative husband! Bill just came up with an ingenious way to protect blueberries from nibbling birds. And it’s so cool, I wanted to share the idea with you. A bit of background first… We’ve grown high-bush blueberries for over 30 years. There are early, mid- and late season varieties in our little […]
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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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