Share my passion for all things gardening!
This week’s video is a bit of a milestone for me: a single video on how to grow tomatoes. I’ve created over 600 videos for my YouTube channel over the past 10 years. But I’ve never shot a video that covers everything about a crop during the course of a growing season. Best of all, I squeezed it all into […]
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This week’s video is about a subject near and dear to my heart: seed starting. Why? It’s so important to know how to grow your own plants (esp. veggies) from seed. If you’ve been looking at the price of groceries lately (esp. produce), that should provide all the motivation you need! In previous years, I’ve been shooting a series of […]
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If you’re new to the concept of winter sowing, have I got a treat for you! That is the subject of this week’s video. Winter sowing involves planting seeds in containers and leaving them outside during the winter months. The seeds germinate when the time is right. That whole concept seems crazy, doesn’t it? I mean, how could it even […]
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One of my favorite wintertime activities is making seed selections for the coming garden season. I’m talking about both vegetables and flowers because I love them all! That is the topic for my second video of the 2025 garden season. It’s actually become a bit of a tradition because folks always seem to be interested in what we’ll be growing. […]
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Onions and shallots are two of the most rewarding vegetable crops you can grow. My husband, Bill, started to grow onions many years ago and instantly became hooked. A few years later, he branched out to shallots and soon excelled at that crop as well. For today’s post, I thought you’d be interested to learn the following: NOTE: If you’d […]
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Even though the garden season is over, we can still dream and plan for next year. How? By perusing the seed catalog offerings and deciding what to grow. That’s the topic of this week’s video. I share all sorts of tips so you can make good choices. Those tips are especially geared toward new gardeners because I want you to […]
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I’ve been very excited to shoot this week’s video because it’s a topic near and dear to my heart. My lifelong goal has been to help you grow bountiful vegetable gardens. In the video, you’ll learn my most important tips for garden success. If you’re curious about the photo to the left, that is a ‘Sweet Jade’ Kabocha winter squash. […]
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Would you like to know how to grow sweet corn? from growing it every year, I’ve picked up a lot of tips along the way. That’s exactly what I wanted to share in this new video. Our favorite variety of sweet corn is ‘Sweetness Bicolor’ from Ed Hume Seeds. That’s a Northwest seed company and boy do we love that […]
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I am so excited to share my newest video with you! In this one, you’ll learn how to grow carrots and other root crops. I get a lot of emails and comments from gardeners who say they struggle with this. Once you watch this video, you’ll be able to hit the ground running! That’s because you’ll learn exactly how to […]
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I am frequently asked questions about fertilizer: which kind to use for plants, how different types impact plant growth, and when one should use them. I knew this would be a great topic for a video! You’ll learn what the numbers mean on a package of fertilizer and how the nutrients benefit the crops we grow. It makes a BIG […]
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