April 6 column: Trellises

This shows the 4 metal trellises attached to the cattle panel. Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Trellises transform look of fence. I hope you’ll enjoy this one because it was a bit of a departure for me. It’s all about a fence idea I got from local gardener Julie Nesbitt, who shared […]

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Compost: Playing in the dirt

Each year, we gardeners enjoy picking out the flowers and vegetable crops we want to grow, we have fun growing plants from seeds and the process of tending our gardens throughout the season. But one thing we often neglect is the soil. It’s just kind of “there” for planting purposes and it’s easy to forget that it needs to be […]

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Growing leeks

Fear not: those wimpy seedlings will grow into these big leeks! (Note: I think this post needs a subtitle of “How to torture your leeks” because that’s what I’m going to tell you how to do!) If you are growing leeks for the first time this year, congratulations! I’ve grown them off and on for years and just love their […]

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Planting onion starts

I wrote about growing onions in my Sunday column but wanted to give you a bit more information about how you would plant onion starts. I planted mine today. This is probably the earliest I’ve ever gotten any type of onions in the ground! They are a cool-season crop so I haven’t jumped the gun in that regard. Also, they […]

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March 23 column: Growing onions

Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: For onion success, opt for long-day. As you can guess, it’s all about growing onions. They have to be one of my most successful and productive crops… especially now that I know about the importance of growing long-day varieties in the northern states of the U.S. Learn […]

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Pruning tips

Now that spring is officially here, there are plenty of gardening clean-up activities to take care of. Many can wait a bit but one of the most important things is to get our trees ready for the new season. And since deciduous trees don’t have any leaves on them yet, it’s a perfect time to prune because you can really […]

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March 16 column: Annuals

Annuals: As you’ve already learned, I’m just crazy about zinnias! Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Annuals add color after perennials are through. It was a fun one to write because it’s about some of the newest varieties of annual flowers available this year. I have to tell you, it’s hard to have […]

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News on stink bugs

Last fall, I posted information on stink bugs as they were damaging the produce in my garden. I am wondering if they’re going to be an even worse problem this year and intend to keep my eyes open for the little stinkers (no pun intended). They damaged our artichokes and tomatoes last summer, which did not make me happy one […]

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March 9 column: Seed catalogs

Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Explore seed catalogs for veggie varieties. As you know, we gardeners receive plenty of seed catalogs in the mail that inspire us to purchase seeds for the coming year’s garden. Today’s column is about some of the newest varieties of vegetables that I think are worth knowing […]

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Seed sources

For the next two Sundays, my columns in The Spokesman-Review will be on cool, new varieties of veggies and annual flowers. In each column, I’ll include the seed sources so you can easily find them. However, I also wanted to encourage you to look for the seeds at your local garden centers first since it’s always nice to patronize local […]

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