Susan's in the Garden

Hello, gardening friends!

April 17, 2024 _ As you can see by this photo, we’re not out of the woods yet when it comes to our last frost date! But this is totally normal for Spokane, Wash. (zone 5b-6a) this time of year. Our last frost date is usually in mid- to late May so we gardeners have to be patient. By the way, you’re looking at one of the lupines in our pollinator garden. Thank goodness they are very tough so this frost shouldn’t harm them in the least.

Have you watched last week’s video yet? It celebrates the official start of the vegetable garden season here in our zone 5b garden and what we do to prepare the garden. Here’s a link to the video on my blog. My next video will be about planting carrots, parsnips and beets, and will be available starting tomorrow.

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