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At the risk of seeming redundant, I need to write one more post about how to keep cucumbers fresh. Why? Here’s the deal: On Oct. 8, I wrote a Facebook post in which I shared a tip I’d learned. In the past, whenever I harvested cucumbers, they would turn soft or shrivel up so quickly. I recently did a web […]
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Holy cow! A few days ago, I wrote a Facebook post about a new tip. It was about how to store  cucumbers so they stay fresh. Little did I realize how many folks would find this tip so useful! As I write this, 7 MILLION people have seen the post! There have been 17,000 comments and an astounding 82,000 shares! […]
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Have you purchased any fall bulbs yet? Those are the ones you plant now so you can enjoy lovely flowers in the spring. That’s the topic of today’s garden column, which you can read in The Spokesman-Review: Go beyond tulips for beautiful bulbs. (or read it below the video) I have a terrible time resisting fall bulbs. If you’re like […]
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If you’re thinking your garden season is just about over, hold on! Fall is the time to plant garlic . You don’t want to miss out on growing this amazing member of the onion family. That’s the topic of my garden column today, which you can read below. In my column, I explain the difference between hardneck and softneck garlic. […]
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Homemade salsa made with a whole lot of goodness from your garden is the BEST. Am I right? I’ve had a lot of requests for the salsa recipe that Bill and I make. We’ve been perfecting it over the past couple of summers and think we’ve finally nailed it! Use a food processor to shorten the amount of preparation time […]
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All of a sudden, I’m starting to experience a bit of garden overwhelm. There are so many things to harvest and preserve for yummy fall and winter eating. Since there are a lot of new gardeners this year and increased interest in preserving the harvest, I thought that would be a perfect topic for today’s garden column and video. You […]
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Do you live in a region that has a short growing season? I sure do! In my zone 5b garden, we typically get our first frost in mid- to late September, which is right around the corner. But I still want to keep harvesting things from my garden. With that in mind, my column for today is about growing a […]
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Here we are in the middle of August (already?!) and many of us are thinking ahead to the end of the growing season. A top priority for vegetable gardeners is to ripen tomatoes, melon and winter squash before the frosts get here. That’s the subject of today’s garden column, which you can read in The Spokesman-Review: Three-step pruning process will […]
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I have exciting news to share with you! I have written a new book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, which will be published by Cool Springs Press in April 2021. It’s been hard keeping this a secret but now that it’s up on Amazon (*) for pre-orders, I can finally spill the beans. Do you deal with insects in your […]
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The one bright spot in this COVID-19 mess is that there are so many new vegetable gardeners. How cool is that?! I remember when I was a new gardener, it was difficult to know when to harvest vegetables. That seemed like a perfect topic for today’s garden column. You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: The perfect time to pick […]
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