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Melon – Eden Gem Happy Easter, everybody! Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Heirloom seeds bear benefits of history. This one is all about heirloom vegetables and why heirlooms are so vital to both our heritage and the diversity we should have in our gardens. I hope you will find it interesting and […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review. Raised beds keep garden tidy, give roots room to thrive. It’s about one of my favorite topics, raised-bed gardening. You can also read my column below. Raised beds are very popular in our own veggie garden. At this point, we have 26 of them! Most are 3′ […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Orchid show and sale offers rare beauties. It is a preview of next weekend’s Orchid Show & Sale, which is being put on by the Spokane Orchid Society. This year, the show is being held at Vicki’s Garden Center for the first time ever. Vicki’s is located […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Welcoming good bugs will help oust pests. Today’s topic is about attracting beneficial insects to your garden. For years, I’ve prided myself on growing everything organically and when I occasionally have insect problems, one of the things I’ve used is an organic spray. Well, after reading “Attracting Beneficial […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Annual varieties add floral pop. Just as I did a column last week on the newest veggie varieties, I talk about the newest annual flowers for 2015 in today’s column. After all, I didn’t want to neglect my fellow flower-lovers out there! If you live in the Spokane […]
Read more‘Ruby Glow’ romaine lettuce, one of the newest vegetable varieties, adds pizzazz to any salad. Photo courtesy of Rob Cardillo, cooksgarden.com. Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Seed catalogs offer veggie, fruit varieties. This column highlights some of the most interesting new vegetable varieties for this year. *** As promised in my column, […]
Read moreEvery year, I write garden columns for The Spokesman-Review from February to October. I’m happy to report that my first column of the 2015 garden season, which is about soil care, has run in today’s edition of the paper. Here is a link to it: Time to dig deep. In it, I talk about what I’ll be growing in this year’s […]
Read moreIt’s hard to believe that my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review is my last one for this season. Time flies, eh? But not to worry, I’ll be back to writing them again in February. In the meantime, today’s column is a wrap-up of the season so I wanted to provide you with a link to it: Tomatoes, squash gave […]
Read moreDiane and Bruce Moriarty in their productive straw bale garden. I think you are going to love today’s column from The Spokesman-Review! Remember how I wrote a feature story in May about a Spokane Valley couple who were trying straw-bale gardening? Well, that was Bruce and Diane Moriarty. They had 40 straw bales and grew all sorts of veggies in […]
Read moreAmaranth ‘Joseph’s Coat’ Here’s a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Blend of gardening, quilting. This one is all about an upcoming event that I think you’ll enjoy. It’s called “Art in Bloom: Flowers, Fabric and Friends” and it’s a fundraiser for the beautiful Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens on Spokane’s lower South Hill. The event, held on […]
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