Greenhouses Archives - Susan's in the Garden

Video: Let’s Start Growing Vegetables

April 11, 2024 Susan

It always seems like it takes forever for a new season to begin, doesn’t it? But it’s finally time to start growing vegetables again. Hooray! That is the topic of my newest video. In it, I’ll share our 2024 garden plan and layout, and discuss the type of soil preparation I like to use. NOTE: As a refresher on choosing […]

Book Review: Growing Under Cover

January 14, 2021 Susan

Growing Under Cover by Niki Jabbour (Storey Publishing, 216 pp., 2020, $24.95) by Susan Mulvihill I’ve known for several months that Niki Jabbour’s new book, Growing Under Cover, would be coming out in December 2020 and have been so excited to read it! I’m a huge fan of hers: she lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she gardens year-round despite […]

Nov. 3 Column: Get Your Garden Fix

November 3, 2019 Susan

With the early arrival of winter here in the Inland Northwest, area gardeners are probably feeling pretty discouraged. No worries, it’s “Susan to the rescue!!!” For my November column, I thought it would be fun to write about the many ways to get your garden fix. Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Keeping your green thumb fertilized through […]

June 23 Column: Hoop House and Greenhouse

June 23, 2019 Susan

I get a lot of questions about how I use my hoop house and greenhouse. Because of that, I felt it should be the topic for one of my garden columns. Well, today’s the day! Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Hoop houses and greenhouses help extend garden season. I also shot a video of both the hoop […]