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In today’s column, I tackle a rather controversial subject: using fertilizer in the garden. I am asked about this a lot and it doesn’t have a simple answer. Read more about this in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review*: Before using fertilizer, understand what your plants need. So why is fertilizer controversial, you ask? Well, if your plants are growing just […]
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This year, I’ve been growing annual poppies. Oh my, they are so lovely! That’s the topic of today’s garden column, which you can read in The Spokesman-Review: Poppies are poppin’ up everywhere, add beauty to gardens. (you can read the text of the story at the bottom of this blog post if you’re unable to view it online at Spokesman.com) […]
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I’m really excited about this week’s column because I wrote about my favorite subject: birds in the garden. Watching them gives me so much joy. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Work to provide sanctuary for birds pays off. I think you’ll have fun reading about the quail who are currently raising their families. Other […]
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The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening by Kim Eierman (Quarto Publishing, 2020, 160 pp., $26.99) As soon as I heard about Kim Eierman’s brand-new book, The Pollinator Victory Garden, I was anxious to learn what I can be doing to help pollinators within my own garden. According to the book’s subtitle, it is […]
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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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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Book review: The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease & Joy at Any Age by Toni Gattone (Timber Press, 214 pp., $19.95) While I was at this year’s Garden Communicators’ conference in Salt Lake City, I met a delightful lady by the name of Toni Gattone. She told me she’d recently written a book and even though it had just been […]
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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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For this week’s garden column, I decided to focus on flowers. I mean, they’re pretty wonderful, aren’t they? You can read my column by going to today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Flowers for season-long bloom. Why did I write about flowers? Well, aside from the obvious reasons (beauty, fragrance, attracting pollinators, etc.), I’ve been walking through my landscape and really […]
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I’ve been really excited about writing this week’s column and even more so about making our very own pollinator garden. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for the past few years and are finally doing this spring. Here’s a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Create an oasis for pollinators. I’m pretty most everyone has heard […]
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