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This is the time of here when a gardener’s mind turns to all of the spring pruning chores that need to be tackled. Feeling overwhelmed or confused? No worries, it’s Susan’s in the Garden to the rescue! Last year, I shot a bunch of spring pruning videos in order to provide you with the rationale and timing for pruning raspberry […]
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For today’s garden column, I wrote about growing artichokes. And specifically some things you can you to have productive artichokes if you live in a colder, shorter growing season like I do. Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Chill artichoke seedlings to fool them into producing. Artichokes can be grown as perennials in […]
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I get a lot of questions about when to prune lavender back. The best answer is “now!” So I wanted to let you know that I just shot a new video on the topic. And the ever elusive Mr. Bill (a.k.a. “Mr. Pepper”) puts in a guest appearance while demonstrating his cool tool for trimming back the plants! You won’t […]
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For this week’s column, I wrote about seed-starting: the supplies you need and the steps to go through in order to be successful. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Give seeds a good start with the right containers, soil and light. I’ve been starting my own vegetable and flower plants from seed for years. There […]
Read moreFor my second garden column of the season, I interviewed none other than my husband, Bill. The topic is his pepper-growing tips and I’ll explain why in a moment. Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Husband shares secrets behind his beautiful peppers. A couple of months ago, I told my Facebook followers how […]
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Well, today is a milestone because it marks the beginning of my weekly garden columns for the 2020 growing season! This first column is a season introduction. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Dig into learning. In it, I mentioned how dreadful earwigs were in Inland Northwest gardens last year. If you live in […]
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I’ve been growing microgreens during the winter months for several years now. Up until recently, I have planted the seeds in a seed-starting mix (also known as a germination mix). But I recently heard about using jute mats in place of the sterile potting soil. Intrigued, I ordered some from True Leaf Market and tried them out. Spoiler alert: It […]
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What would you say if I told you it’s possible to plant specially-prepared containers with seeds and put them outside, where it’s snowy and/or rainy for the rest of the winter? That sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But winter sowing is a viable, no-fuss way to start seeds and it just happens to be the topic of this week’s video and […]
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Hi, everyone. I just shot my newest video and I would love to get your input. First of all, I shot it from our very snowy garden so if you watched my videos during the growing season last year, it won’t be very recognizable to you! We have gotten a LOT of snow over the past week, which has really […]
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Whether you’re growing vegetables or flowers (or both), this is the perfect time to order your seeds and focus on the right timing for your seed-starting activities. And I’ve got some helpful tools and information right here on this website to help you out. First of all, you might want to check out which veggies I’ll be growing in my […]
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