Hoop house update

This shows the hoop house in its new location. You might recall that my husband Bill and I built a hoop house last October. A hoop house is a plastic-covered greenhouse, which we’re primarily using to grow cold-tolerant vegetables through the winter in. Ours is 10 feet wide by 9 feet long and it fits over two of our raised […]

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April 6 column: Trellises

trellises

This photo shows the 4 metal trellises attached to the cattle panel. Here is a link to my column about trellises in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Trellises transform look of fence. Or you can read my column below. I hope you’ll enjoy this one because it was a bit of a departure for me. It’s all about a fence […]

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Clever ideas: Garden trellises

I went on the Spokane in Bloom garden tour a couple of weekends ago. There were some clever ideas that involved garden trellises and I wanted to share with you. The first idea was rose arbors that had been anchored inside of raised beds (see top photo). As you can see, they were just gorgeous and very popular with garden visitors […]

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