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Have you ever wondered what the secret is to keeping your vegetable plants healthy and productive? Well, it all comes down to using smart gardening practices. They make all the difference in how well plants grow and handle challenges such as insect or disease problems. That is the topic of my garden column for today. It appeared in today’s edition […]
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If you live in the Inland Northwest region of the Pacific Northwest, you owe it to yourself to go to Garden Expo! What’s that, you ask? Only the largest garden event around with free admission and parking! And over 250 garden-related vendors to help you get squared away for the garden season! Garden Expo is the topic of my garden […]
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I am so excited that plant sale season officially arrived last week! The next one coming up will be put on by the members of the Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane. It takes place on Sat. May 6 and Sun. May 7. It just so happens, that’s the topic of this week’s garden column. Find all the details below: by […]
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I’m so excited to announce that plant sale season has officially arrived! If you’re like me, you’ve probably felt like it would never get here, right? The first one here in Spokane, Wash. is the Garden Fair & Plant Sale. It’s brought to you by the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. It will be held on April 28 and […]
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I suppose you did a double-take when you read the title of this post! Yup, backyard mothing is a “thing” and it’s something I became involved in a couple of years ago. Backyard mothing involves catching moths in a humane trap, studying them, maybe photographing them, and then letting them go. My column will explain how this all came about. […]
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For my garden column today, I thought it would be fun to talk about the benefits of using vertical gardening techniques within your veggie garden. They certainly add a cool factor to your garden. But vertical plant supports have a lot of side benefits, too. I hope you’ll enjoy it and expand your garden plans for this year! by Susan […]
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For today’s garden column, I wrote about the compelling reasons why we should all grow flowers in our gardens. If you want to help pollinators, grow flowers. If you want your vegetable crops to be more productive, grow flowers. If you want a beautiful garden, grow flowers! You get the idea. As you can see, growing lots and lots of […]
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While today’s garden column might sound icky, I’m hoping you’ll find it interesting and helpful. As most folks know, cabbage family crops (also known as Brassicas) are quite prone to insect problems. The primary culprits are aphids and cabbage worms. I’ve written about aphids but thought you’d like to know more about the latter because a little bit of knowledge […]
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Last week, I wrote about the correct timing of starting tomato plants from seed. For this week’s garden column, I discuss why hardening-off seedlings is so important. If you’re not familiar with the concept of hardening-off, this applies to any plants you’ve started indoors from seed. It’s really important to acclimate them to the intensity of sunlight before transplanting them […]
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I’ve been writing the garden columns for The Spokesman-Review’s Sunday newspaper for many, many years. And every week, I enjoy choosing a topic that I think will help gardeners be successful. This week’s column is about when to plant tomatoes. That might not sound like a very exciting topic but the timing of starting tomato plants from seed is so […]
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