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I recently shot a video on July garden tasks. In it, I mentioned how I’d harvested most of my broccoli heads for freezing purposes. Blanching vegetables first is a way of preserving the harvest and applies to peas, beans, broccoli, and other veggies. According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, you blanch vegetables prior to freezing for several […]
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During the summer months, I enjoy profiling local gardeners because I believe we can all learn from each other. For the first gardener profile, I interviewed Master Gardener Julie McElroy. Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: McElroy encourages making plan, but not being married to it. (or you can read my column lower in […]
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It’s time for one of the most anticipated garden tours of the season! The Coeur d’Alene Garden Tour will be next Sunday, July 15, and features six lovely gardens. That’s the subject of this week’s garden column. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Coeur d’Alene Garden Tour opens gates to colorful, whimsical North Idaho gardens. […]
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(This is the 10th in a series of blog posts about the 2018 English Gardens Tour I led.) On the morning of May 24, 2018, I awoke with a big smile on my face. Today we would be going to the Chelsea Flower Show! Truly a highlight of the English Gardens Tour that I was leading. This has been on […]
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Do you have a problem with deer getting into your garden? Boy, do I understand how frustrating that can be! While in England last month, we saw a great idea that will afford your garden some deer protection without having to build a tall fence. Interested? We saw this idea at Sissinghurst Castle Garden, which is one of my very […]
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In May, I led a group of 28 folks on an English gardens tour. We had so much fun! Recently, I’ve been writing posts about each individual day of the trip. But for today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review, I wrote a feature story about the trip for their Travel section. Here is a link to it: Glorious gardens. Or you […]
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Ay yi yi! This has been a frustrating season for me because I’m really battling some aggressive plants in my flower beds. So I decided this would be the perfect topic for this week’s garden column. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Aggressive plants test patience. (or you can read my column lower in this […]
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(This is the 9th in a series of blog posts about the 2018 English Gardens Tour I led.) On May 22nd, we visited two gardens: Sissinghurst Castle Garden and Nymans Gardens. Everyone in my group was particularly excited about visiting Sissinghurst because it is definitely a bucket-list garden. Getting to Sissinghurst required a great deal of planning, though! Despite making […]
Read more(This is the 8th in a series of blog posts about the 2018 English Gardens Tour I led.) On Monday, May 21st, we had a long, busy day but oh, what fun we had! We began with a visit to the iconic Great Dixter (pictured at left). The we wandered through the village of Rye, mainly for the purpose of […]
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I’m really excited about today’s garden column because it is a profile of Great Dixter. If you’ve never heard of this amazing English garden, you will definitely want to put it on your bucket list! It was one of our stops on the English Gardens Tour that I led from May 16-27, 2018. Here is a link to the column […]
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