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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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For this week’s garden column, I wrote about our adventures in growing figs. Yes, figs in our zone 5b garden! You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: With figs, it’s best to contain your excitement. (or you can read my column at the bottom of this post) Mind you, it’s not like we’ve had a whole lot […]
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This is when a gardener’s mind turns to all of the spring pruning chores that need to be tackled. Feeling overwhelmed or confused? No worries, it’s “Susan’s in the Garden” to the rescue! Last year, I shot a bunch of spring pruning videos. My goal was to provide you with the rationale and timing for pruning different types of plants. […]
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I get a lot of questions about when to prune lavender back. The best answer is “now!” Because of this, I wanted to let you know that I just shot a new video on the topic. And the ever elusive Mr. Bill (a.k.a. “Mr. Pepper”) puts in a guest appearance! He demonstrates his cool tool for trimming back the plants! […]
Read moreThere is a springtime event coming up that you need to know about. It’s the Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium. This special event is put on by the Spokane County Master Gardeners and Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County. Why do you need to know about something that won’t take place until March 21? Because tickets for it sell out quickly […]
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Ooh, who loves a plant sale?! I sure do and it’s exciting to think that two awesome sales will be held next weekend, here in Spokane. You can read about them in my column below: in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/apr/20/in-the-garden-local-plant-sales-mean-spring-has-sp/. Or you can read it below: Column: Local plant sales mean spring has sprung You know it’s officially spring […]
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Oh, how I love blueberries! They are so simple to grow. They also provide us with plenty of berries for eating fresh, supplementing our morning yogurt or oatmeal, and for adding to baked goodies. So it makes sense that this week’s column is all about how to grow blueberries. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: […]
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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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Have you been following my videos about ways to ripen green tomatoes before the end of the season? There are three steps to it. Just today, I released the third in my series of videos on what needs to be done in early September. In order to keep those three videos together, I decided to embed them all here. That […]
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Chances are, you’ve seen them everywhere and their beauty takes your breath away. I’m talking about orchids. If you would like to see hundreds of them, be sure to visit the Spokane Orchid Society’s Orchid Show & Sale. It will be held in the Spokane Community College Lair on Apr. 7 and 8. That’s the topic of my garden column […]
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