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For this week’s garden column, I decided to focus on flowers. I mean, they’re pretty wonderful, aren’t they? You can read my column by going to today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Flowers for season-long bloom. Or you can read my column below (don’t miss this week’s video underneath it!). Why did I choose this topic? Well, aside from the obvious […]
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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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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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Cool Plants for Cold Climates: A Garden Designer’s Perspective by Brenda C. Adams (Snowy Owl Books/University of Alaska Press, 239 pp., $35) I have found a book geared for those living in a colder climate. Especially those who have a tendency to let their heart govern their plant purchases! I’m sure you know what I mean because I often suffer from the same […]
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As you’ve landscaped your yard and garden, have you kept birds and other critters in mind? That has been first and foremost on my mind over the years. I thought I would discuss how to garden for wildlife today. In this post, I’ll explain what we’ve done in our own landscape. You’ll also learn how to get your garden listed […]
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I have been really excited about today’s column. That’s because it is a profile of my sister, Anne Moore Knapp, and her beautiful garden in Gig Harbor, Wash. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Artist’s colorful landscape designed to age gracefully. (you can also read it lower in this post) To be honest, this was an […]
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I was in Chicago last week for a conference hosted by the Association for Garden Communicators. Chicago is an amazing place with so many green spaces and gardens to enjoy. One of the gardens we visited is the Chicago Botanic Garden. For my column today, I decided to write about their Buehler Enabling Garden because there were so many usable ideas […]
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Oh my! The topic for my column this week is one that so many gardeners ask about: dealing with deer. And who can blame them for being frustrated? Here’s a link to the column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Tricks to keep your garden from becoming a deer smorgasbord. Or you can read my column below (don’t miss this […]
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Let me start out by saying I did not come up with this creative idea! I recently watched a video from Garden Answer and it totally inspired me. In the video, Laura makes an obelisk out of willow branches. And just like all of her other videos, she makes it look easy and VERY COOL. Take a look: Ever since […]
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My husband and I have lived on a 5-acre property for 27 years now. Even though we’ll want to downsize at some point, neither of us can picture ourselves on a tiny city lot! Well, Master Gardener colleague Kurt Madison and his wife Margot Casstevens have made the move from 10 acres to a city lot, and are adapting quite […]
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