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It’s time for my next video and I realize it’s not exactly a happy topic! But if you need to control Japanese beetles, you’ll find it packed with useful information. Those beetles are so destructive. They were first discovered in the United States in 1916 and they’ve been spreading and wreaking havoc ever since. As you probably know, we live […]
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On May 24, I wrote a blog post called Outsmart Robins in Your Strawberry Patch. Judging by the hundreds of views so far, we apparently aren’t the only ones with bird challenges! Now it’s time for an update. As a quick refresher, robins love to peck at our tasty strawberries which is a frustrating problem. Bill decided to put some […]
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Isn’t it annoying when birds eat things we’re growing for ourselves? Would you like to know how to outsmart robins so they don’t eat your strawberries? Well, we can all thank my husband Bill for this ingenious idea! He never ceases to amaze me because he comes up with interesting ways to solve garden problems. We’ve been watching our strawberry […]
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This week is unusual because I’ve shot two videos, rather than just one. That’s because I have a very timely tip regarding peach leaf curl and NOW is the time to implement it! Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that attacks the leaves of peach and nectarine trees. Perhaps you’ve seen leaves with red blotches on them, or leaves […]
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Pruning tasks can literally be a pain at times… specifically in our hands from all that repetition. My new favorite tools are battery-powered pruners. What a difference they’ve made! I subscribe to the wonderful British gardening magazine called Gardener’s World. Early this year, I saw an article about battery-powered pruners and I recall thinking that seemed unnecessary. But the more […]
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I am so lucky to have a smart, creative husband! Bill just came up with an ingenious way to protect blueberries from nibbling birds. And it’s so cool, I wanted to share the idea with you. A bit of background first… We’ve grown high-bush blueberries for over 30 years. There are early, mid- and late season varieties in our little […]
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There was a wonderful article about growing fruit trees in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review newspaper. I’d share the link with you but you have to be a subscriber in order to read it. However, I wanted to make a few important points about this topic. Are you planning to shop for fruit trees this spring? If so, I wanted […]
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Do you want to grow watermelons, but you have a shorter growing season? There are varieties that ripen in a shorter amount of time. Latin Name: Citrullis lanatus Plant Family: Cucurbit (Cucurbitaceae) Warm-season crop Did You Know? Eating a big, juicy slice of watermelon is the quintessential summertime experience. It used to be that only gardeners with long growing seasons […]
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When I first learned how to grow melons many years ago, I had no idea how transformative it would be. You absolutely cannot top the sweet, succulent taste of a fully-ripened melon! They’re not hard to grow once you read through my tips below. Latin Name: Cucumis melo Plant Family: Cucurbit (Cucurbitaceae) Warm-season crop Did You Know? Many gardeners with […]
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I’m definitely in a celebratory mood this week because I have shot 600 garden videos! I have to admit it seems crazy that I’ve created so many videos already. But I’ve been shooting them for 10 years, so it doesn’t take long for them to add up. I first created my YouTube channel way back in 2014. I really wasn’t […]
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