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Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening recently invited me to be a guest on his podcast. Kevin is based in San Diego and is such a great guy. He interviewed me for 5 episodes on his podcast and they just aired this week. Fortunately, you can still catch them on his website or on your favorite podcast app. We covered the […]
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It’s time for this week’s video. In it, you’ll learn how to grow onions. They are one of our favorite crops! I haven’t covered this topic for a while and this year, I’m conducting an experiment. I’m growing onions from seeds, sets (small bulbs) and plant starts that I bought at a garden center. I thought it’d be fun to […]
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I decided it was time to do another seed starting video because there’s so much to catch you up on! This is the 7th and final installment in my 2023 series of videos on this topic. In it, I provide you with an update on how all of my seed starting projects are coming along. I also explain why, when […]
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For my garden column today, I talk about the benefits of using vertical gardening techniques within your veggie garden. They certainly add a cool factor to your garden. But vertical plant supports have a lot of side benefits, too. I hope you’ll enjoy it and expand your garden plans for this year! Column: by Susan Mulvihill Growing a vegetable garden […]
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If you’ve seen photos of our veggie garden, you know that I’m crazy about raised bed gardening! And that just happens to be the topic of my newest video. Why? Well, I’m giving an in-person presentation on that very topic here in Spokane next weekend. I recently posted information about the talk on social media. So many folks were disappointed […]
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Ready for the next installment in my seed starting series? We’re just about finished! This time, I provide updates on how all of the seeds I’ve started are doing. Then I share which seeds I’ll be planting next. There are some useful tips along the way: when to up-pot seedlings and how to automatically water your seedlings. If you take […]
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While today’s garden column might sound icky, I’m hoping you’ll find it interesting and helpful. As most folks know, cabbage family crops (also known as Brassicas) are quite prone to insect problems. The primary culprits are aphids and cabbage worms. I’ve written about aphids but thought you’d like to know more about the latter because a little bit of knowledge […]
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For this week’s video, I thought you might like a little tour of our vegetable garden. In it, I show how it’s laid out and explain how we water our raised beds. I also discuss how we use our hoop house and small greenhouse. And last but not least, you finally get to see where I’m growing my early crop […]
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Last week, I wrote about the correct timing of starting tomato plants from seed. For this week’s garden column, I discuss why hardening-off seedlings is so important. If you’re not familiar with the concept of hardening-off, this applies to any plants you’ve started indoors from seed. It’s really important to acclimate them to the intensity of sunlight before transplanting them […]
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I’ve been writing the garden columns for The Spokesman-Review’s Sunday newspaper for many, many years. And every week, I enjoy choosing a topic that I think will help gardeners be successful. This week’s column is about when to plant tomatoes. That might not sound like a very exciting topic but the timing of starting tomato plants from seed is so […]
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