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Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Contain tomatoes, not excitement. This one is about growing tomatoes in containers. I had the pleasure of consulting with Spokane County Master Gardener, Marilyn Lloyd, as she’s been growing them — along with other types of veggies — in containers for about a dozen years. She had […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Taking it easy. It’s actually a feature story about Master Gardener Karen Whitehead, who has done a wonderful job keeping her landscape as low-maintenance as possible. She was given good advice from a friend to not overdo with her garden plan when she and her husband Jake […]
Read moreDiane and Bruce Moriarty in their productive straw bale garden. I think you are going to love today’s column from The Spokesman-Review! Remember how I wrote a feature story in May about a Spokane Valley couple who were trying straw-bale gardening? Well, that was Bruce and Diane Moriarty. They had 40 straw bales and grew all sorts of veggies in […]
Read moreMary Lee Gaston Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: ‘Lasagna gardening’ yields big harvest. Throughout the summer months, I enjoy meeting with local gardeners and writing profiles of them and their wonderful gardens. Today’s column is a profile of Mary Lee Gaston, who lives in northwest Spokane. She grows an amazing vegetable garden […]
Read moreHere is a link to the feature story I wrote in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Gardening goes undercover. It’s about garden season extension so you can grow salad greens and other veggie crops through the fall and winter. I have been so excited to write about this topic ever since conducting my own little experiment last year. I had […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Roses keep giving all summer long. In it, I am pleased to feature Master Gardener Peggy Jeremiah and her beautiful rose garden. Boy, can she grow roses! During my visit, I admired how all of her plants were very healthy and robust, with shiny leaves. She really […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: When creating new landscape, keep long-term plan in mind. This one is a profile of WSU/Spokane County Master Gardener, Jennifer Tiegs. I wanted to write about her approach to landscaping her new garden because I felt it would give anyone who is either setting up a new landscape, […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Ditching the dirt. It’s all about straw bale gardening, which I think you’ll find quite interesting. I’d never heard of it until one of my Master Gardener colleagues read a newly-published book on the subject and decided to give it a try in one of our demonstration […]
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