The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques & Strategies For Conserving, Capturing & Efficiently Using Water in Today’s Climate… and Tomorrow’s by Noelle Johnson (aka AZPlantLady) Review by […]
A Note from Susan
Nov. 10, 2024 _ What a beautiful fall we’ve been experiencing here in Spokane, Wash. Our temperatures continue to drop and now the leaves are falling in earnest. But it’s been one of the most colorful falls we’ve had in a few years. The gorgeous leaves in the photo are on our blueberry plants.
Last Thursday, I began a series of new videos called “You Grew It, What To Do With It!” (how’s that for a name, LOL) I get a lot of questions about how to store or preserve certain crops and how we use them in cooking. For my first video, I focused on beets. Here’s a link to it. Carrots will be the feature of my next video; stay tuned for that.
Did you know that I recently created an Amazon store? It has my recommended hand tools, food preservation equipment, garden books (including my own books), seed-starting equipment, organic products and those all important gardener’s must-haves! Here’s a direct link to it. You can also learn more about it on my new Shop page on this website. I won’t recommend something that I don’t use! And yes, I do receive a small commission from any sales but that won’t impact the price you pay.
Have you checked out this year’s “Vegetable Garden Report Card” yet? I have rated how each crop performed for us. You can find it under the “Guides” menu (Vegetable Report Card – 2024). Lots of folks say this is really helpful as they start planning for next year’s garden.
Do you have my book, The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook, yet? It covers exactly what you need to know to be a successful gardener. In it, I address weather-related issues (including heat and drought), vegetable disorders and diseases, germination and pollination problems, dealing with all sorts of critters in the garden and so much more. To order a signed copy from me, just send an email to Susan@SusansintheGarden.com and I’ll take care of you quickly. If you would prefer to order it directly from Amazon, here is my affiliate link. (I will earn a commission but it won’t affect the price you pay.) Or you can purchase it in my Amazon shop at the link above. Thank you for supporting your friendly author!
Book Review: The Water-Smart Garden
The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques & Strategies For Conserving, Capturing & Efficiently Using Water in Today’s Climate… and Tomorrow’s by Noelle Johnson (aka AZPlantLady) Review by Susan Mulvihill As someone who grew up in California and lives in Arizona, Noelle Johnson knows about conserving water. Most of us understand that we should all reduce our water use. And I’m sure everyone […]
Read moreVideo: How to Store Carrots and Cooking with Carrots
Did you watch my beet video last week? That was the first crop I featured in my new video series. This week’s video focuses on how to store carrots so they’ll last a long time for you. Then I discuss a lot of wonderful ways of cooking carrots. This includes using them in baked goods and savory dishes. I think […]
Read moreVideo: How to Store and Use Beets
Today is the start of my new series of videos called “You Grew It, What To Do With It!” And beets are the crop I focus on this week. For years, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how we store or preserve our crops. I’m often asked how we cook certain crops. I’ve decided to cover this topic […]
Read moreVideo: Top Garden Takeaways from 2024
I’m always sad when the growing season comes to a close. But boy, did I learn a lot this year! In my newest video, I share my top garden takeaways. It’s so important to take the time to reflect on how the garden season went. This includes successes and failures, although I prefer to call the latter “learning experiences!” That’s […]
Read moreVideo: Fall Gardening Do’s and Don’ts
I don’t know about your weather, but fall is getting serious here in Spokane, Wash.! It got me to thinking about fall gardening and what I’ve learned you should or shouldn’t do right now. I love this time year, especially because of the beautiful fall colors. And having the garden wind down is also nice because I’ve worked hard all […]
Read moreVideo: Fall Frosts in the Vegetable Garden
Well, I knew our garden would soon be impacted by some fall frosts and that’s exactly what happened. We vegetable gardeners always hate when that happens, right? And to make matters worse, they occurred while Bill and I were on a 2-week trip in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Fortunately, I had done a lot of harvesting and processing […]
Read moreTomato Problems
This year has been a real challenge for gardeners everywhere. Primarily, the problem has been the weather extremes, which have caused some tomato problems that I don’t ordinarily encounter. For the most part, tomatoes and other crops have been very slow to ripen. The two main tomato problems have been damage from tomato fruitworms and catfacing. Let’s take a look […]
Read moreVideo: Grand Rapids Gardens
I recently returned from the Garden Communicators International conference, held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition to seminars and presentations, we visited many public and private Grand Rapids gardens. They were so inspiring! I thought it would be fun to take you along on a tour through a photo slideshow. Here are the public gardens you’ll see in this video: […]
Read moreVideo: Vegetable Harvest Tips
When September arrives, we vegetable gardeners tend to feel a bit overwhelmed. There are so many crops to pick. In this week’s video, I share all sorts of harvest tips. It’s my hope they’ll take the mystery out of knowing when to pick them! If you’ve been following my weekly videos, you know this has been a very challenging growing […]
Read moreVideo: Plant Fall Crops
Three weeks ago, I shot a video about planting a fall garden. Unfortunately, it was still too warm to plant my fall crops. I finally was able to plant them just in time for this week’s video. Whew! You’ll get to see everything I planted and learn some helpful tips along the way. In the initial video, I gave all […]
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