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Are you familiar with the insects known as thrips? I got a big surprise in my garden this season: lots and lots of thrips damage. Ugh! That’s the topic of my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Thrips may be little but they are mighty damaging. Or you can read my column underneath the […]
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I can scarcely believe it’s time to talk about The Friends of Manito fall plant sale next Saturday. The good news is that fall doesn’t officially begin on Sept. 22 but the great news is that you’ll find fantastic plants at this sale! That’s the topic of my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: […]
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Earlier today, I posted a couple of photos of my husband Bill with one of his many pepper harvests. Folks are going wild over this and, of course, everyone wants to know what his secret is for growing peppers so successfully. In 2020, I wrote a garden column about it that I thought you might enjoy reading, just in case […]
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Even though Bill and I live in hardiness zone 5b, I don’t consider the garden season finished when fall frosts arrive. I love growing cold-tolerant vegetable crops through the fall and winter months. How is this possible? You’ll find out in my next garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Now’s the time to jumpstart […]
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This is the time of year when gardeners – both beginning and experienced – can feel overwhelmed. Not with the maintenance of a vegetable garden but rather, keeping up with the garden harvest. I know that sounds weird because we gardeners are all about the harvest, right? But sometimes it gets ahead of us. That’s the topic of my garden […]
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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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I know much of the U.S. has been dealing with extremely hot temperatures lately. Here in the Inland Northwest, the temperatures are heading into the low 100’s this week. What’s a gardener to do? Provide your plants with some heat protection. This morning, while it was still cool, Bill and I headed out to our vegetable garden for that very […]
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I think you’ll all agree that gardening is a learning experience. We pick up information from classes, books, friends and neighbors, and all of it increases our skills. A few weeks ago, I asked my Facebook followers if they’d like to share some of their best garden tips and share they did! For my garden column today, I included the […]
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Do you despise aphids as much as I do? I’m guessing the answer to that is a resounding “Yes!” In today’s garden column, I talk about the damage they do in our gardens – both the veggie and ornamental gardens – and methods for dealing with them, or even preventing them altogether. In addition, I share a very interesting new […]
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Bill and I are avid birdwatchers. We’ve created a landscape that attracts them and makes them feel safe. We love listening to them, admiring how beautiful they are, and watching them raise their young. For the most part, we recognize the birds that come here but sometimes we need a little help with bird identification. For this week’s column, I […]
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