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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 […]
Read moreDuring the fall and winter, I probably won’t be shooting a video every single week but I did want to create one on preserving the harvest from the garden. I get a lot of questions about this topic so I thought I’d cover the different methods we use for specific vegetables and fruits. In the video, I show you how […]
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Hi, everybody! I didn’t shoot a video last week as it was just too hectic around here. But I’m trying to make up for that by doing a new video for you, and it’s a little longer than usual. This one is on October garden tasks that I needed to take care of before our weather gets any colder. This […]
Read moreNow that we’re all transitioning to indoor pursuits, I thought it would be timely to focus on some of the easiest houseplants to grow. For this week’s column, I interviewed Spokane County Master Gardener Rhonda Elliott because she knows houseplants! Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Houseplants need right amount of water, light to flourish. […]
Read moreHi, everyone. For those of you who live in the Inland Northwest, our gardening season is getting ready to end in a big way this weekend! There are forecasted lows in the low to mid-30s and even the potential for some light snow. Yes, you read that correctly! Snow. But at the very least, I wanted to give you a […]
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Many of you probably saw a recent Facebook post of mine, in which I shared a photo of some beautiful delphiniums. The point of my post was to explain that delphiniums will rebloom if you deadhead the previous flower stalks as soon as they’ve finished blooming. Well, the next morning, I woke up to find that a moose had also […]
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Boy, I just got a bit of a surprise: the nighttime temperatures here in the Inland Northwest will be dropping significantly by the end of this week. Since we live in an outlying area, it will probably be even colder than the forecast of 34 to 38 degrees. So, of course, my first thought was “I’d better get out in […]
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Aren’t birds just the coolest creatures around? As avid birdwatchers, my husband and I made it an early priority to landscape with the idea of attracting birds to our garden. That’s the topic of today’s garden column, which you can read in The Spokesman-Review: Planting for the birds reaps many rewards. As I mention in my column, we have counted […]
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Perhaps I caught your attention with today’s topic, eh? After all, we gardeners love saving money in the garden, right? You can learn more about this in my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Saving money in the garden. On July 12, I posted a question on my Facebook page, asking folks to weigh in on what they do […]
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For this week’s garden column, I wrote about tomato care. I felt it was important to discuss what we gardeners need to be doing for our tomato plants this time of year, so they grow their very best. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Proper staking, consistent watering key to best tomatoes. How are your plants […]
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