Column: Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium

Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium

If you are going stir-crazy while waiting for spring to get here, have I got a solution for you! Attend the virtual Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium. This popular annual event is put on by the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. Since it’s virtual this year, you can watch the presentations no matter where you live! The theme of this […]

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Oct. 2 Column: Garden Lessons

garden lessons, beans Fortex

In this week’s garden column, I share the garden lessons I learned this year. They’re pretty wide-ranging but valuable nonetheless. You can read my column underneath the video below. My garden lessons included a big surprise. Cold soil can impact a tomato plant’s ability to bloom and set fruit. Yikes. You might think that’s a no-brainer but it isn’t when […]

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Sept. 18 Column: Agricultural insect netting

agricultural insect netting, broccoli

If you’ve been following me this year, you know I’ve been experimenting with agricultural insect netting. I promised early in the season that I would give an official report on how it performed. That’s what today’s column is all about! You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: Garden insect netting is a game-changer for crops that attract bugs. Or you […]

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Sept. 11 Column: Succession Planting

succession planting, rudbeckia, black-eyed Susan

We all love to get as much produce from our vegetable gardens as possible, right? This season, we’ve been experimenting with succession planting. That’s where you keep your garden beds in production for more of the season. Succession planting is the subject of today’s garden column. You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: Making a succession plan for the garden […]

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