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Here is a link to the feature story I wrote in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Gardening goes undercover. It’s about garden season extension so you can grow salad greens and other veggie crops through the fall and winter. I have been so excited to write about this topic ever since conducting my own little experiment last year. I had […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Knowing culprit keeps tomato problems in check. Since gardeners love to grow tomatoes, and since certain issues can crop up with them, I thought it would be helpful to talk about this today. Hopefully your tomatoes are growing great, though, and you’ll never need this information! If you’re […]
Read moreMy veggie garden is in an area that can occasionally get pretty windy. Most of the crops do just fine but corn is particularly susceptible to the wind. I have to say that there is nothing quite so depressing as having a really great-looking patch of corn one day, then have it all snapped off at ground level and lying […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Ditching the dirt. It’s all about straw bale gardening, which I think you’ll find quite interesting. I’d never heard of it until one of my Master Gardener colleagues read a newly-published book on the subject and decided to give it a try in one of our demonstration […]
Read moreThis is what floating row cover looks like. It’s terrific! Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Products boost plant health organically. This one’s about how I garden organically through the use of some very helpful, environmentally-friendly products. I hope you’ll find it interesting and useful. I also wanted to mention that due to […]
Read moreIt’s hard to believe we’re at the end of March already, but that just means we’re getting closer to more pleasant weather and getting to be out in the garden on a regular basis. Hooray for that! Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Get early start with spinach, chard. The topic is on […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Tango celery excels in short seasons. Even though the headline makes it sound like it’s only about growing celery (I don’t write the headlines), it’s also about growing tomatillos, both of which warm-season crops. What? You’ve never grown them, or perhaps have no intention of growing them? […]
Read moreHappy Easter! Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: With proper care, winter squash thrive. It’s all about growing winter squash and pumpkins. Last year, I really got ours off to a great start by starting them early indoors, then covering the soil in their bed with red plastic mulch to increase the soil […]
Read moreFear not: those wimpy seedlings will grow into these big leeks! (Note: I think this post needs a subtitle of “How to torture your leeks” because that’s what I’m going to tell you how to do!) If you are growing leeks for the first time this year, congratulations! I’ve grown them off and on for years and just love their […]
Read moreI wrote about growing onions in my Sunday column but wanted to give you a bit more information about how you would plant onion starts. I planted mine today. This is probably the earliest I’ve ever gotten any type of onions in the ground! They are a cool-season crop so I haven’t jumped the gun in that regard. Also, they […]
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