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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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It’s time for my next monthly garden column! This one is about seed viability (the shelf life of seeds) and some of my favorite seed catalogs. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: ‘Tis the season to prepare. The seed catalogs have been rolling in steadily, which sure makes it hard for me to make my choices. […]
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Now that the holiday decorations are out of the way, I finally had room to set up a grow light so I could start growing microgreens for the winter. If you haven’t heard of microgreens or vaguely recall my mentioning this last winter, I think a “growing microgreens refresher” is in order! Put simply, this involves thickly sowing vegetable or […]
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As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I have a fixation with birds! They are so delightful to watch, especially throughout the seasons. With that in mind, I have produced a new video on how to care for your garden birds in winter. In this video, I include information on providing your garden birds with water and food, which types of feeders […]
Read moreSince 2019 is slowly winding down, I thought it would be fun to look at my three most popular videos from this year. And, just in case you’re bored (yeah, right, during the holiday season!?!?!), I’ve embedded those videos in this blog post. Such a deal. My most popular video was… drum roll, please… How to Grow Beans. Would you […]
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Do you bring in plants that were outdoors during the spring and summer months? And do suddenly end up with tiny flies indoors that drive you insane? Well, those are fungus gnats. And yes, they used to drive us nuts… that is, until I discovered a simple, organic solution to the problem. Last winter, I had brought my hanging baskets […]
Read moreThere is an event coming up in the spring that you need to know about: the Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium, which is put on by the Spokane County Master Gardeners and Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. Why do you need to know about something that won’t take place until March 21? Because tickets for it sell out quickly and […]
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For my December column, I chose to write about creating holiday decor by using natural materials in the garden. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Branching out for the holidays. I’ve been making our wreaths for years and love every minute of it. In past years, I’ve expanded that to making table centerpieces, swags and […]
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Since Thanksgiving is just a week away, I thought I would shoot a video on how to make a pumpkin pie with your very own homegrown pumpkins! And even if you didn’t grow your own (there’s always next year, you know), you can find pie pumpkins at the grocery store. I usually grow either sugar pumpkins or New England pie […]
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Deer-Resistant Design by Karen Chapman (Timber Press, 2019, 240 pp., $24.95) It’s widely known that the most successful method for keeping deer out of the garden is a tall fence. But fences aren’t always an option, or even desirable. As a matter of fact, the subtitle for Karen Chapman’s newest book, Deer-Resistant Design, is certain to catch the eye of […]
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