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Perhaps you’ve noticed that I’ve been writing a lot about growing vegetables lately. Well, that’s because I’m getting so many questions from folks who’ve never grown a garden before. And that is awesome! But for today’s column, I wanted to discuss some of the easiest and prettiest annual flowers you can grow. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition […]
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What would you say if I told you it’s possible to plant specially-prepared containers with seeds and put them outside, where it’s snowy and/or rainy for the rest of the winter? That sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But winter sowing is a viable, no-fuss way to start seeds and it just happens to be the topic of this week’s video and […]
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Whether you’re growing vegetables or flowers (or both), this is the perfect time to order your seeds and focus on the right timing for your seed-starting activities. And I’ve got some helpful tools and information right here on this website to help you out. First of all, you might want to check out which veggies I’ll be growing in my […]
Read moreHi, everyone. For those of you who live in the Inland Northwest, our gardening season is getting ready to end in a big way this weekend! There are forecasted lows in the low to mid-30s and even the potential for some light snow. Yes, you read that correctly! Snow. But at the very least, I wanted to give you a […]
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It’s always exciting when a new event comes on the scene that holds a lot of promise. This is the case with the Spokane Dahlia Festival, which will take place at Northland Rosarium on Sept. 21. This event is the subject of my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Celebrate late bloomers at Dahlia […]
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For this week’s garden column, I decided to focus on flowers. I mean, they’re pretty wonderful, aren’t they? You can read my column by going to today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Flowers for season-long bloom. Why did I write about flowers? Well, aside from the obvious reasons (beauty, fragrance, attracting pollinators, etc.), I’ve been walking through my landscape and really […]
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I’ve been really excited about writing this week’s column and even more so about making our very own pollinator garden. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for the past few years and are finally doing this spring. Here’s a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Create an oasis for pollinators. I’m pretty most everyone has heard […]
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For today’s garden column, I thought it would be fun to write about some of the amazing cultivars of annual flowers available these days. Here’s a link to my column in The Spokesman-Review: Flowers bring beauty, birds, bees and butterflies to the garden. Now, before I continue, take a close look at the photo to the left. Is that flower […]
Read moreDo you grow geraniums each year? What do you do with them at the end of the season? If you typically pitch the plants into your compost pile, I’ve got a better solution: let me show you how to overwinter geraniums! Up until a few years ago, I tossed my zonal geraniums at the end of the season. I always felt […]
Read moreAs a garden writer and a member of the professional organization, the Association for Garden Communicators, I occasionally receive seeds or product samples to test. (hey, it’s a dirty job, but someone’s gotta do it) Last December, I received a cool package from Burpee Seeds that I wanted to tell you about. What they do is send out a type […]
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