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Happy New Year! I thought I’d start off 2022 with an actual gardening video about how to grow leeks. I’ve been growing them for years but I get the impression not many folks have them in their gardens. I’m hoping this video will change that! My favorite leek variety is ‘Bulgarian Giant’. I started growing them a couple of years […]
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Yesterday, it was time to up-pot my artichoke seedlings into larger containers since they can’t be planted outside until the danger of frost has passed. Here in Spokane, Wash., that’s in mid-May. I thought you might be interested in learning how to up-pot seedlings because the steps below apply to all kinds of seedlings that you’ve started indoors. But before […]
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As much as I enjoy growing vegetables and eating all of that tasty produce, I really love growing flowers. And not just perennials and bulbs, but annual flowers. That’s the topic of my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Annuals brighten the garden with colorful blooms. (You can also read the text of my […]
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Yup, my newest video is on seed starting… again! But there’s so much information that I’ve been wanting to share with you which means I needed to shoot a third video on this very important topic. In this video, I share information on seed treatments ( vernalization, stratification, and scarification) to help you grow things like artichokes or New Zealand […]
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For the past year, the events calendar on this website has been looking pretty pathetic. That’s because nearly every event has had to be canceled, courtesy of the pandemic. Well, things are looking up because there’s a great line-up of Spring Gardening Classes that will be put on by the Spokane County Master Gardeners! Hooray! Each class will be held […]
Read moreLast week, I shot a very detailed video on Seed Starting Basics. Ordinarily my videos aren’t so long but there was just so much information to share with you! This time around, my Seed Starting #2 video is a more manageable length of about 10 minutes. For this video, I wanted to follow up with you on how some of […]
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It’s time to talk about seed starting! I know that beginning and seasoned gardeners alike want to hit the ground running so they’re ready for this year’s growing season so that’s the topic for this week’s video. I should to warn you in advance that it’s longer than most of my videos but seed starting is such a useful skill […]
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It’s so nice that we can be talking about planting seeds again, isn’t it? If you’re thinking, “but it’s way too early!,” I’m talking about the winter sowing method. That’s where you plant seeds in containers such as milk jugs, put them outside, and let the seeds germinate when the time is right. And that is the topic of my […]
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Are you really getting excited for this year’s garden? After being urged to share what I’m growing in our vegetable garden this year, I decided to devote my newest video to my 2021 seed choices. In it, I’ll share the specific varieties of what I’ll be growing as well as the reasons I chose them. Many are varieties I grew […]
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Have you been receiving seed catalogs in the mail lately? I sure have! And I have to admit that paging through them is my favorite activity this time of year. For this week’s video, I thought I’d share some of the best seed catalogs with you (in my humble opinion) as well as some tips for choosing the best seeds […]
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