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Dry Climate Gardening* by Noelle Johnson (Cool Springs Press, 2023, $28.99) by Susan Mulvihill We gardeners all have varying degrees of challenges, whether we’re trying to grow our own food or create a pleasing landscape around our home. Those who live in arid or semi-arid climates have a unique set of challenges but that doesn’t mean a beautiful garden isn’t […]
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If you are going stir-crazy while waiting for spring to get here, have I got a solution for you! Attend the Cabin Fever (virtual) Gardening Symposium. This popular annual event is put on by the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. Since it’s virtual this year, you can watch the presentations no matter where you live! The theme of this […]
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If you haven’t heard of the Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium, you are in for a treat! This annual event is put on by the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. It will be virtual again this year so you can reap the benefits of it no matter where you live! This year’s theme is “Sustainable & Resilient Gardens,” which is […]
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Good grief, how can it possibly be the last day of July already?! But, as I promised last week, today’s garden column is the second half of garden tips from my Facebook followers. If you missed my July 24 column with the first half of the tips, you can find it on my blog. You can read today’s column in […]
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For my garden column, I decided to write about the importance of water conservation in our landscapes. No matter where you live, it’s so important that we all do what we can to preserve this precious resource. You can read my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Water conservation – be wise with your landscape . Or you can […]
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Boy, what a growing season! This was a tough one here in Spokane, Wash., and it provided plenty of garden lessons for me. I guess that’s the great thing about gardening: you’re always learning new things, right? Well, that’s the topic for today’s garden column. In it, I discuss the many garden lessons I learned, including ones I thought I’d […]
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Have you become a greener gardener in recent years? I’m talking about adopting environmentally-friendly practices while engaging in gardening activities. It’s the perfect way to be kinder to the planet. That’s been on my mind lately, due to our exceptional drought, extremely high temperatures and wildfire smoke. Being a greener gardener is the topic for today’s column, which you can […]
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I’ve been watching our weather forecast closely and am very concerned. Here in Spokane, a heat wave begins this Saturday, with a high of 101 degrees F. On Sunday, the forecast shows 105 degrees, and on Monday and Tuesday, the National Weather Service believes we’ll be up at 110 degrees. That is scary. I just received an email from a […]
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For this week’s column, I wrote about water conservation in the garden. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Practice water conservation in your landscape. (or you can read the text of my column at the bottom of this post) Here in Spokane, Wash., we’ve been experiencing a very dry spring which is unusual for us. That […]
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For my garden column this week, I wrote about adding native plants to your landscape. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Native plants a natural fit for home landscapes. I think a lot of folks are unaware of the wide variety of native plants available to us and how they add to our gardens. Many […]
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