Share my passion for all things gardening!
I certainly hope the title of this week’s video won’t shock you! But I’ve been giving a lot of thought to retirement lately and what that’s going to mean for me. As you’ll hear, I’m constantly thinking about video topics, social media posts, and updates for this website. Creating my videos every week takes a LOT of work. In many […]
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If you’ve been following along with me during this season, you know Bill and I had a potato growing competition. We just harvested them and now you get to find out which of us won! It all started with Bill being intrigued by an article in Mother Earth News. The topic was how different potato-planting methods can impact yield. Bill […]
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Here we are, rapidly approaching the middle of September and thinking about what to grow next year. For this week’s video, I’ve put together a list of Bill’s and my favorite vegetable varieties. Over the years, we’ve tried a lot of different veggies. Some didn’t produce very much or live up to the hype in the seed catalogs. But many […]
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While I’m primarily known for being an avid vegetable gardener, I have lots of favorite flowers that I always grow. I just love having bright colors in our landscape! And I love how they attract pollinators and birds. That’s such a great benefit. So that is the topic for this week’s video. In it, I share my 10 favorite annuals […]
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It’s always frustrating when things don’t quite go according to plan, right? In this week’s video, I share how I troubleshoot garden problems. I thought it might be helpful to talk about the process I go through to identify and correct the issue. (at least I hope I can correct it!) The are several general types of problems that can […]
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Well, the good news is that was able to shoot a video this week! In it, discuss important and helpful garden tasks to do this month. The bad news is that the Spokane wildfires are continuing but the firefighters are making good headway. And many evacuated folks have been able to return to their homes or neighborhoods. So that’s a […]
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Hi, everyone. As you know, I shoot a video every week on a wide variety of garden topics. But because of the dreadful Spokane wildfires, that’s not an option for this week. It is way too smoky outside so I’m trying to be smart. I’m sure that no matter where you live, you’ve been hearing about the fires in our […]
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Do you wish you could get a larger vegetable harvest? Well, this week’s video is all about succession planting and that’s exactly what will happen. Succession planting involves being aware of your growing season and immediately planting new crops once a crop is harvested. That way, you never have an empty area in your garden that could instead be producing […]
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It’s time for my monthly vegetable garden tour. I almost thought I wouldn’t be able to do it. Why? Well, it’s been so hot and smoky here in Spokane, Wash. for the past 10 days. Fortunately, I got the job done in the early morning on a less smoky day. Whew! If you’re new to my videos, I do a […]
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If you’re looking for an uplifting and inspiring video, this one’s for you! This week, I take you on tour of our large front flower garden. My previous two videos were on heavy subjects: powdery mildew and Japanese beetles. Important information but I felt you would appreciate seeing lots of colorful, cheerful flowers this time around! As much as I […]
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