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I am so excited to share an amazing tip with you in this week’s video. In it, I explain how to plant annual poppies from seed. Like, right NOW in the dead of winter! I’ve been using this crazy method for several years now and it always works like a charm. Most of us gardeners are used to either sowing […]
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In last week’s video, I showed you my landscape redesign project. I discussed the history behind our back landscape and everything I wanted to change. In this week’s video, you’ll see the results of the clean-up phase of the project. Then comes the best part: the new plants I bought for the bed! As I mentioned last time, fall is […]
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I am so lucky to have a smart, creative husband! Bill just came up with an ingenious way to protect blueberries from nibbling birds. And it’s so cool, I wanted to share the idea with you. A bit of background first… We’ve grown high-bush blueberries for over 30 years. There are early, mid- and late season varieties in our little […]
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Bill and I recently toured a beautiful “forest garden” recently. It’s called the Bloedel Reserve and is located in Bainbridge Island, Wash. It was so incredibly peaceful and fantastic, and you know what that means! I took a LOT of photos. Since I know you love gardens, too, I thought you’d enjoy seeing them. So for this week’s video, I […]
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I’m so excited about this week’s video! It’s been hard to be patient. But I’ve been waiting for this point in the season to shoot a vegetable garden tour. From here on out, I’ll shoot a monthly tour video so you can see how everything is progressing. You’ll see what we’re growing, hear about any challenges that pop up and […]
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Bill and I have been using agricultural insect netting in our vegetable garden since 2022. On Nov. 22, 2024, I wrote a blog post about a problem we encountered with it. I’m happy to tell you that we’ve resolved it so wanted to provide an update. Let’s start with some background on the agricultural insect netting product and the problem: […]
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The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques & Strategies For Conserving, Capturing & Efficiently Using Water in Today’s Climate… and Tomorrow’s by Noelle Johnson (aka AZPlantLady) Review by Susan Mulvihill As someone who grew up in California and lives in Arizona, Noelle Johnson knows about conserving water. Most of us understand that we should all reduce our water use. And I’m sure everyone […]
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Today is the start of my new series of videos called “You Grew It, What To Do With It!” And beets are the crop I focus on this week. For years, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how we store or preserve our crops. I’m often asked how we cook certain crops. I’ve decided to cover this topic […]
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You might be wondering why this week’s video is entitled Vegetable Garden Rebound. As you know, I’ve been complaining about the crazy temperature extremes during this year’s growing season. Different crops were struggling through it and I was feeling pretty discouraged. The great news is that the majority of our plants are definitely on the rebound! The pole beans are […]
Read moreI recently surveyed my Facebook followers about gardening topics of interest to them. It turns out that a lot of folks want to know how to plant a fall garden. That’s an excellent topic! In this video, I explain why growing vegetables in the fall is such a great idea. Here in Spokane, Wash., we’ve had such a challenging growing […]
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