Share my passion for all things gardening!
I decided to do something a little different for this week’s video. The focus is on our ornamental spring garden because it’s so wonderful watching it come back to life. I guess really long, tough winters increase our appreciation, right? In this video, you’ll see flowering bulbs and perennials that are just getting ready to bloom. In addition, there are […]
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Do you live in the Inland Northwest region of the Pacific Northwest? Then you owe it to yourself to go to Garden Expo! What’s that, you ask? Only the largest garden event around with free admission and parking! And over 250 garden-related vendors to help you get squared away for the garden season! Garden Expo is the topic of my […]
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This week’s new video marks a little milestone for the 2023 garden season. It’s the first vegetable garden tour! In it, I provide updates on how everything in the garden is growing so far. I even give you a little peek at the seedlings in our greenhouse. They are all waiting for warmer temperatures. We use the greenhouse as a […]
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I am so excited that plant sale season officially arrived last week! The next one coming up will be put on by the members of the Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane. It takes place on Sat. May 6 and Sun. May 7. It just so happens, that’s the topic of this week’s garden column. Find all the details below: by […]
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This is a two-fer week because you get two videos rather than one! In today’s new video, I talk about how to grow peas and carrots. For the pea segment, I’ll show you how to plant “gutter peas” (peas started in rain gutters) and how we support them. I have quite a few videos on gutter peas on my YouTube […]
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Want to know how to grow broccoli? Well, my newest video tells you exactly what to do! I started my broccoli plants indoors from seed on Feb. 27. I had hoped to transplant them out into the garden by April 15.Unfortunately, our weather was just too cold at that point. The good news is that the weather seemed stable enough […]
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I’m so excited to announce that plant sale season has officially arrived! If you’re like me, you’ve probably felt like it would never get here, right? The first one here in Spokane, Wash. is the Garden Fair & Plant Sale. It’s brought to you by the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. The sale will be held on April 28 […]
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I was invited to be on Kevin Espiritu’s Epic Gardening podcast recently. 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. These are the topics we covered: […]
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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 suppose you did a double-take when you read the title of this post! Yup, backyard mothing is a “thing” and it’s something I became involved in a couple of years ago. Backyard mothing involves catching moths in a humane trap, studying them, maybe photographing them, and then letting them go. My column will explain how this all came about. […]
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