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Of all of the gardens we visited during the France tour that I led, Le Jardin Plume was truly one of our favorites. I first learned of this unique Normandy garden while watching “The Gardens of France” which were produced and hosted by British gardening personality Monty Don. I knew it will be well worth our time! This garden was […]
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I get a lot of questions about how I use my hoop house and greenhouse. Because of that, I felt it should be the topic for one of my garden columns. Well, today’s the day! Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Hoop houses and greenhouses help extend garden season. (you can read my column lower in this post) […]
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I’ve just returned from the France tour that I led. What an awesome trip it was! Twenty-four wonderful folks joined me and we saw so many beautiful gardens and chateaus. Today is the first in a series of posts about the France tour and we’re starting with the first garden we visited, Claude Monet’s beautiful garden in Giverny. Experiencing Monet’s […]
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The Spokane Rose Show will be held next Saturday (June 22). In addition to having the opportunity to look at breathtakingly gorgeous roses, you’ll get to hear renowned rose hybridizer Ping Lim speak about everyone’s favorite flower. That’s the topic of my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Renowned hybridizer works to make roses easy, even in cooler climates. […]
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I hereby declare the garden tour season officially open! Or at least, it will be on Saturday (June 15) when the Spokane in Bloom garden tour takes place. Learn all about it in my garden column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Spokane in Bloom kicks off garden tour season. Or you can read it below (don’t miss this week’s […]
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For today’s garden column, I’ve focused on something that we probably all know, but tend to forget about. That is observing good cultural practices in the garden so our plants thrive. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Follow best practices to keep plants thriving. Or you can read it below (don’t miss this week’s video […]
Read moreYes, that’s a long title for this blog post, but it really sums things up! I’ve been meaning to write about this topic for a few weeks but just haven’t had the time. But now that I’ve seen TV and newspaper accounts of the return of black flies to the Inland Northwest, it’s definitely important to address this subject. I’ve […]
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If you live in the Inland Northwest, you won’t want to miss the Friends of Manito Spring Plant Sale next weekend! That’s the topic of my garden column and here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Find water-wise plants at Manito sale. Or you can read my column below (don’t miss this week’s video underneath it!). The Friends of […]
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My husband, Bill, is a genius! He’s come up with a great method for controlling slugs. I place rings of copper tape around the base of my cabbage family seedlings to keep the slugs away. Here’s the amazing thing. The skin and antennae of slugs reacts electrically with copper. That means you can use it as a deterrent. I’ve been […]
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We gardeners do love our glorious spring bulbs, don’t we? And once they’ve finished blooming, we do love a tidy flower bed, too. But before you remove any bulb foliage, read this: While you might not realize this, those leaves are busily putting energy into the bulbs for next year’s bloom. You certainly wouldn’t want to jeopardize that, would you? […]
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