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Do you enjoy growing Amaryllis bulbs? Those are the popular bulbs that are usually sold during the fall months for growing indoors over the winter months. Their flowers are huge and gorgeous. But what if I was to tell you they’re not Amaryllis but Hippeastrum instead? Say what?! Yup, all these years, we’ve been calling them by the wrong name. […]
Read moreI think you would probably agree that this is an exciting time of year. Sure, it’s cold outside — maybe even snowing — but the seed catalogs have been arriving for weeks and we gardeners are happily planning to have our best garden ever! Am I right? Well, during the month of December, I had an extra treat: as a […]
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For the past few years, I have been shooting gardening how-to videos because I want to make gardening accessible to everyone. I first learned how to create my own videos at a “Video Storytelling” conference I attended in Victoria, B.C. I use a video camera and the iMovie app on my iPad to put everything together. So far, I’ve shot […]
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I absolutely love watching the birds in our garden! And because of that, you get to watch them, too… vicariously, at least. In the video below, you will see goldfinches and pine siskins nibbling on the seed heads in our flower beds. We certainly wouldn’t such a wonderful variety of birds in our garden if it weren’t for some extra […]
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In late September, I wrote about overwintering zonal geraniums. It is so simple to do and is a great way to save money. Last year, I wasn’t successful at getting my ivy geraniums to overwinter so took some geranium cuttings as a “Plan B” for this year. What happened last year was that my ivy geraniums were huge plants by […]
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I’ve been meaning to dig up my canna lilies for the past couple of weeks but have been awfully busy lately. However, once I saw our rather startling weather forecast for the next several days (which includes temperatures in the teens along with the “S” word), I went right outside and got the job done! A couple of years ago, […]
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Today is a bit of a milestone for me: every season, I write 33 columns so this is #33 and I’ve paired it with video #33! Wow. So today is a season wrap-up, yet I also want to reassure you that I will continue to post to my blog and Facebook page since there’s still plenty of gardening topics to […]
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When I shot the video below about how to overwinter geraniums, I had no idea how popular it would become! In the two years since it was filmed, almost 87,000 people have viewed it. Isn’t that crazy? But it underscores the interest in this topic. After all, most of us gardeners buy geraniums for planters or flower beds and hate […]
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Do you enjoy seeing birds in your garden year-round? If so, there is something really important for you to keep in mind as you tackle your fall clean-up chores: save flower heads for the birds! If you’re like me, you probably really like having a very tidy yard going into the fall and winter seasons. But I learned something really […]
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September means one thing to Inland Northwest gardeners: the Friends of Manito will be holding their fall plant sale and it’s time to get our plant shopping lists in order! My garden column is a preview of the sale so you know what to expect and highlights five wonderful plants that will be available. Here is a link to it: […]
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