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I’ve had a few requests for a video on how to keep gardening as we age. That is a great topic! So this week’s video is all about adaptive gardening. If you’re not familiar with that term, it refers to making small changes so you can continue to enjoy gardening. What types of changes, you ask? Here are some examples: […]
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Pruning tasks can literally be a pain at times… specifically in our hands from all that repetition. My new favorite tools are battery-powered pruners. What a difference they’ve made! I subscribe to the wonderful British gardening magazine called Gardener’s World. Early this year, I saw an article about battery-powered pruners and I recall thinking that seemed unnecessary. But the more […]
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Do you get cold easily? Do you dread having to do projects or tasks outside during the fall and winter months? Well, a heated vest might be just what you need. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism many years ago. Even though it’s manageable with medication, I’m always cold. Whether I’m indoors or outdoors, I’ve always had to put on a […]
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In this week’s video, I share with you what I feel are the best gardening tools. And as I explain, I don’t have affiliate relationships with any of the companies so I don’t benefit from recommending them. In addition, I will ONLY recommend a product if I personally use and like it. There are two things of particular interest that […]
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If you’re not familiar with the term “adaptive gardening,” it refers to the use of specialized tools or methods so a person can garden more comfortably and safely. If you’re picturing elderly gardeners, be aware that this concept can help folks with injuries or other physical limitations at any stage of their life. Adaptive gardening is the topic of my […]
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As you probably already know, I’m a huge fan of using row covers in my garden. This includes floating row cover, bridal veil netting, shade cloth and bird netting. That is the topic of this week’s garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Covers help keep vegetable crops happy and healthy. (or you can read […]
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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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It’s time to talk about seed starting basics! I know that beginning and seasoned gardeners alike want to hit the ground running. That way, 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. Seed starting is such a useful […]
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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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Book review: The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease & Joy at Any Age by Toni Gattone (Timber Press, 214 pp., $19.95) While at this year’s Garden Communicators’ conference in Salt Lake City, I met Toni Gattone. She told me she’d recently written a book. Even though it had just been released, it was already in its second printing due to […]
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