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I could be wrong, but it sure seems like there aren’t many folks who grow melons in their home gardens. And particularly in our northern, zone 5 climate. I’m happy to report it’s very doable. In this week’s column, I share how to do just that. You can read it below. Column: Melons need TLC to grow in the Inland […]
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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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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: […]
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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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Today’s an exciting day because my first garden column of the season is in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review newspaper, here in Spokane, Wash. It is a season introduction that includes a list of what we’re growing this year. Here’s a link: The weather outside may be frightful, but spring will come. Eventually. (or you can read my column lower […]
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