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We gardeners know that things don’t always go to plan, right? Well, my newest column is about garden blunders: mistakes we have made in our gardens which we hopefully have learned from! You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Help your garden grow by learning from the mistakes of others. (or you can read the text of […]
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Dealing with weeds in your garden isn’t a whole lot of fun, is it? I think we all have our most dreaded weeds that are a nightmare to control. So for this week’s garden column, I wrote about why it’s important to keep up with them as well as the things we gardeners can do to reduce this odious task. […]
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I love being able to report on fun garden events such as plant sales. The Friends of Manito will hold their spring plant sale on June 3-5 and June 10-12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. You can learn all about it, including some of my plant picks, within my garden column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: […]
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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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I love being able to let you know about cool upcoming events that you won’t want to miss. That includes the virtual “Conversations on Nature” series of presentations, which begins this week. That’s the topic of this week’s garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Master Gardener Foundation hosts ‘Conversations on Nature’. (or you can […]
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Bugs, bugs and more bugs! For my column, I wrote about how to attract beneficial insects to your garden. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: How to attract beneficial bugs. (or you can read the text of my column at the bottom of this post) As most of you know, my new book, The Vegetable Garden […]
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I think dahlias are the most amazing flowers! I’m always admiring photos of them on social media. However, I think I’ve only grown them once — and many years ago, at that. Why? Well, you’ll find out in today’s garden column, which is about how to grow dahlias. You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: Ready to dig in to […]
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I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be doing my first book signing of the Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook next week! It will take place on Fri., May 7 (11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Sat., May 8 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) during the Friends of Manito Mother’s Day Plant Sale. I’ll be at a table in the plant yard […]
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For this week’s column, I wrote about the plant supports we use in our garden. I receive a lot of questions about them and I’m also hoping they’ll provide some inspiration. You can read my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Give plants support for a more productive garden. (or you can read it at the bottom of this […]
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When I wrote my Apr. 11 garden column about how to grow potatoes, it was too early to plant potatoes. That makes it challenging for me to “pair” a column and a video on the same topic. My goal is to write columns early enough that it will help you prepare for certain events in your garden. Fortunately, I was […]
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