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Whether you’re growing vegetables or flowers (or both), this is the perfect time to order your seeds and focus on the right timing for your seed-starting activities. And I’ve got some helpful tools and information right here on this website to help you out. First of all, you might want to check out which veggies I’ll be growing in my […]
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Organic Gardening for Everyone by CaliKim (Cool Springs Press, 2020, 160 pp., $22.99) I love it when a gardening book comes along with a mission of getting everyone to grow their own food and to do so without the use of insecticides or synthetic fertilizers. So I was intrigued when I learned about the brand-new release of Organic Gardening for […]
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It’s time for my next monthly garden column! This one is about seed viability (the shelf life of seeds) and some of my favorite seed catalogs. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: ‘Tis the season to prepare. (or you can read my column lower in this post) Oh how I love looking at new seed catalogs! […]
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I’veI finally set up a grow light so I could start growing microgreens for the winter. What? You haven’t heard of microgreens or vaguely recall my mentioning this last winter? I think a “growing microgreens refresher” is in order! Put simply, this involves thickly sowing vegetable or herb seeds. You harvest them as very young seedlings (usually with just a […]
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Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you know that the episode of “Growing a Greener World” that featured our garden will air on this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. It will be on our local PBS station, KSPS. If you tune in a bit early, you will likely see Joe Lamp’l promote our episode just before it airs. He shot those […]
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A Way to Garden by Margaret RoachTimber Press, 2019, 320 pp., $30 Twenty-one years ago, Margaret Roach wrote the first edition of her popular book, A Way to Garden. She hadn’t intended to write an updated version until she recently began to contemplate just how much has changed. Both in the world of horticulture and the environment as a whole, […]
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As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I have a fixation with birds! They are so delightful to watch, especially throughout the seasons. With that in mind, I have produced a new video on how to care for your garden birds in winter. In this video, I include information on providing your birds with water and food. I also cover which types […]
Read moreSince 2019 is winding down, I thought it’d be fun to look at my three top videos. And, just in case you’re bored, I’ve embedded those videos in this blog post. Such a deal. My most popular video was How to Grow Beans. Would you believe it has been viewed over 138,000 times? Who knew beans could be so popular! […]
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Do you bring in plants that were outdoors during the spring and summer months? And do suddenly end up with tiny flies indoors that drive you insane? Well, those are fungus gnats. And yes, they used to drive us nuts… that is, until I discovered a simple, organic solution to the problem. Last winter, I had brought my hanging baskets […]
Read moreThere is a springtime event coming up that you need to know about. It’s the Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium. This special event is put on by the Spokane County Master Gardeners and Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. Why do you need to know about something that won’t take place until March 21? Because tickets for it sell out quickly […]
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