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Ooh, who loves a plant sale?! I sure do and it’s exciting to think that two awesome sales will be held next weekend, here in Spokane. You can read about them in my column below: in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/apr/20/in-the-garden-local-plant-sales-mean-spring-has-sp/. Or you can read it below: Column: Local plant sales mean spring has sprung You know it’s officially spring […]
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For today’s garden column, I thought it would be fun to write about some amazing cultivars of annual flowers. Here’s a link to my column in The Spokesman-Review: Flowers bring beauty, birds, bees and butterflies to the garden. Or you can read my column below: Flowers bring beauty, birds, bees and butterflies to the garden Every gardener’s goal should be […]
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Oh, how I love blueberries! They are so simple to grow. They also provide us with plenty of berries for eating fresh, supplementing our morning yogurt or oatmeal, and for adding to baked goodies. So it makes sense that this week’s column is all about how to grow blueberries. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: […]
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I’m feeling a little down in the dumps today. That’s because I just made a painful decision. It was time to wave the white flag in the battle a most wonderful rose. Who was the enemy? Rose stem girdlers. ‘Therese Bugnet’ rose The rose in question is ‘Therese Bugnet’ which is a rugosa, or shrub, rose. I planted her about […]
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For this week’s garden column, I decided to write about growing cool-season crops. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Mind your peas and onions, and other tips for starting cool-season crops. Or you can read my column below. Column: Mind your peas and onions It won’t be long before we can plant cool-season vegetable […]
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I think orchids are absolutely gorgeous. There are so many different types and colors that they’re hard to resist. In this week’s garden column, I write about the Spokane Orchid Society’s upcoming Orchid Show and Sale. Here is a link in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: With orchids, knowing what not to do is a good starting point. Or you […]
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After the lengthy winter we’ve been experiencing, we Spokane-area gardeners can celebrate the arrival of spring by attending this year’s Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium. That is the subject of this week’s garden column, which you can read below. Column: Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium offers gardeners a chance to dig into learning After enduring a winter that began innocently enough but […]
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If you’ve followed me for long, you know I am absolutely crazy about raised bed gardening! There are so many great attributes of this method of gardening, that I just had to share them in my column. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Raised beds offer bountiful benefits. Or you can read my column below. Column: […]
Read moreLast year, for the very first time, I started growing cucamelons. If you’ve never heard of them, they are related to cucumbers. They look like teeny-tiny watermelons and have a delightful citrusy crunch. They are also known as Mexican sour gherkins and mouse melons. I bought my seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and you can also find them at […]
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For my garden column today, I wrote about why it’s important to get kids in the garden. It gives them the chance to learn where our food comes from and how to grow all kinds of vegetables and fruits. It gives you and the young gardener(s) in your life the opportunity to learn about gardening together. You can read my […]
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