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I’ve been really excited about writing this week’s column and even more so about making our very own pollinator garden. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for the past few years and are finally doing this spring. Here’s a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Create an oasis for pollinators. Or you can read my column […]
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This is your friendly reminder about the importance of hardening-off plants before setting them out in your garden. It only applies to plants you started indoors from seed or any plants that have never been exposed to “real” sunlight. Why is hardening-off plants so important? Well, if you think about it, the amount of light you provided your newly-started seedlings […]
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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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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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The Budget-Wise Gardener by Kerry Ann Mendez (St. Lynn’s Press, 2018, 176 pp., $19.95) We gardeners love to save money, don’t we? After all, by stretching our dollars, we can spend even more on our passion right? Before I started reading The Budget-Wise Gardener, I envisioned what it would be about. Perhaps starting your own plants from seed, recycling products, […]
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Last Sunday, I attended a dried-flower wreath workshop and had the best time! It turned out to be the perfect activity for a gloomy winter afternoon. A dear friend and Master Gardener colleague of mine, Cathi, invited several of us to join her for a tasty soup lunch and the wreath-making workshop. We all jumped at the chance to have […]
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Many years ago, my husband Bill and I planted a huge (300+ plants) patch of lavender. We always used to trim them back at the end of the garden season. We learned an important lesson about when to prune lavender plants. I’m going to give you a very good reason to prune them in late winter or early spring! A […]
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Even though I’m on my winter column-writing break, that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped shooting videos for you! My newest video is on how to plant bulbs. In this case, I’m talking about planting spring-flowering bulbs. (see video near bottom of this post) And before I forget, I also wrote a column last month for The Spokesman-Review about this very topic: […]
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Yes! Would you believe I’ve shot three (3!) videos in one week? It’s been a busy last few days in the Mulvihill garden, let me tell you. But with frosts hitting areas of Spokane and the Inland Northwest, I felt it was time to shoot a new video on how to overwinter Canna lilies. I’ve done this for the past […]
Read moreDo you grow geraniums each year? What do you do with them at the end of the season? If you typically pitch the plants into your compost pile, I’ve got a better solution. Let me show you how to overwinter geraniums! Up until a few years ago, I tossed my zonal geraniums at the end of the season. I always felt […]
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