Share my passion for all things gardening!
While I’m primarily known for being an avid vegetable gardener, I have lots of favorite flowers that I always grow. I just love having bright colors in our landscape! And I love how they attract pollinators and birds. That’s such a great benefit. So that is the topic for this week’s video. In it, I share my 10 favorite annuals […]
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If you’re looking for an uplifting and inspiring video, this one’s for you! This week, I take you on tour of our large front flower garden. My previous two videos were on heavy subjects: powdery mildew and Japanese beetles. Important information but I felt you would appreciate seeing lots of colorful, cheerful flowers this time around! As much as I […]
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If you are really tired of winter, I have just what you need! My newest video focuses on wonderful perennial flowers that are sure to brighten your outlook. I love growing annuals and perennials. While I love both, perennials are a great deal because they come back year after year. As I explain in the video, annual flowers will bloom, […]
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Today marks my 5th video for the 2026 garden season and it’s about winter sowing. The 1st two videos were on the veggies and flowers we’re going to grow this year. The 3rd was about when to start your seeds and in the 4th, I covered the basics of seed-starting. I felt that a video on the unusual method of […]
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What a gorgeous fall we’ve been experiencing! I just love those fall colors. Over the past 35 years, we’ve been planting trees and shrubs that have beautiful fall foliage. Boy has that been worth it! I suddenly realized that a lot of folks might want to add more beautiful fall colors to their gardens, too. So that’s where the idea […]
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You might not think it’s hard to divide and plant herbaceous peonies, but there’s actually a trick to it. I’ve gotten a lot of emails from gardeners over the years. The message is usually this: “I planted my peony a few years ago and it hasn’t bloomed since.” Or perhaps this: “I divided my peony (or a neighbor gave them […]
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Did you know that fall is an excellent time to make changes to your garden and add new plants? That’s why I’m doing a landscape redesign in our back garden. And it’s the focus of this week’s video as well as next week’s. Why do I need to do a landscape redesign? I have to admit I’ve been dreading this […]
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My husband Bill and I have just returned from a quick trip to Victoria, British Columbia. And anytime we go there, a visit to the renowned Butchart Gardens is a must. You know what that means, right? I took a lot of photographs and have put together a video slideshow to share with you! As I sorted through my photos, […]
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You’ve seen our vegetable garden dozens (hundreds?) of times, right? Well, it’s high time I give you a flower garden tour. I did one in the spring but the garden always goes through a transformation throughout the seasons. So that’s the topic of this week’s video! As I explain in the introduction, my husband Bill and I live on 5 […]
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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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