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It’s time for one of those seasonal milestones because day because my final garden column for the 2021 growing season runs today. It’s about fall garden tasks. You can read my column underneath the video below. What kind of fall garden tasks am I referring to? How about overwintering annual geraniums (Pelargoniums) and canna lilies? Leaving seed heads for birds […]
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As most of you already know, it was a tough summer for most garden plants here in Spokane, Wash. Yet the big surprise for me was how well our annual flowers performed under such adverse conditions. That’s the topic for my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Flowers that can stand the heat and […]
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Remember how I grew dahlias this year, for the first time in ages? Since our growing season is coming to a rapid close, a column about how to overwinter dahlia tubers should be helpful. You can read my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Dahlias worth the extra effort needed to overwinter tubers. (or you can read the text […]
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I’ve got great news for Inland Northwest gardeners. The Friends of Manito fall plant sale will take place on Saturday, Aug. 21! And not only that, the format will be just like the good old days. You won’t have to make an appointment and the plants will be organized on tables out in the plant sale yard. That’s the topic […]
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If you just looked at the title of this post, you are probably scratching your head! “Why is she writing about a coyote decoy and why would that matter to me?,” you’re likely thinking. Well, if you’d enjoy reading an amusing story, I urge you to check out today’s garden column. Here is a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: […]
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Most gardeners enjoy adding tulips and daffodils to their flower beds, but what about summer-blooming bulbs? These include many breathtaking flowers that bring so much to our gardens. That’s the topic of this week’s garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Brighten your landscape with different kinds of bulbs. (or you can read it at […]
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Happy 2nd birthday to our pollinator garden! I get so many questions about it. That means it’s time to write a column and update you on how it’s doing. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Pollinator garden provides habitat for birds and insects – and beauty for humans. (or you can read my column at the […]
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We gardeners know that things don’t always go to plan, right? Well, my newest column is about garden blunders: mistakes we have made in our gardens which we hopefully have learned from! You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Help your garden grow by learning from the mistakes of others. (or you can read the text of […]
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I love being able to report on fun garden events such as plant sales. The Friends of Manito will hold their spring plant sale on June 3-5 and June 10-12 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. You can learn all about it, including some of my plant picks, within my garden column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: […]
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For this week’s column, I wrote about water conservation in the garden. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Practice water conservation in your landscape. (or you can read the text of my column at the bottom of this post) Here in Spokane, Wash., we’ve been experiencing a very dry spring which is unusual for us. That […]
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