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It’s time for my next video and this one is particularly special. Why? My awesome, helpful and creative husband, Bill, joined me for it! That’s because he was the one who thought of trying to grow sweet potatoes here in Spokane, Wash. Our 2022 sweet potato harvest is the topic for this video. This was actually our second year of […]
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I’ve got a brand-new video for you! The title is “Garden Clean-up & Update” and I wanted to share a lot of things that have changed in our veggie garden since you last saw it. As I’ve mentioned, Bill and I were out of town for 9 days, and even though we didn’t get any frosts while we were gone, […]
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Whew! What a weird growing season this has been. First, we started out with an extremely cold, wet spring which dragged on and on. Then the hot weather arrived. Tomatoes seemed to be the crop that was impacted the most so I thought I’d share this year’s tomato growing lessons with you. The most common email topic I received this […]
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In this week’s garden column, I share the garden lessons I learned this year. They’re pretty wide-ranging but valuable nonetheless. You can read my column underneath the video below. My garden lessons included a big surprise. Cold soil can impact a tomato plant’s ability to bloom and set fruit. Yikes. You might think that’s a no-brainer but it isn’t when […]
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Can you believe it’s the 25th of September already? I sure can’t! There are plenty of fall garden tasks to take care of in the coming weeks, depending on where you live. This is the topic of my garden column for today. You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: Fall garden tasks. Or you can read the text of my […]
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If you’ve been following me this year, you know I’ve been experimenting with agricultural insect netting. I promised early in the season that I would give an official report on how it performed. That’s what today’s column is all about! You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: Garden insect netting is a game-changer for crops that attract bugs. Or you […]
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We all love to get as much produce from our vegetable gardens as possible, right? This season, we’ve been experimenting with succession planting. That’s where you keep your garden beds in production for more of the season. Succession planting is the subject of today’s garden column. You can read it in The Spokesman-Review: Making a succession plan for the garden […]
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I know we gardeners don’t want to think about the end of the growing season yet, but it’s important to plan ahead. For today’s garden column, I decided to write about overwintering geraniums. This is something that is so easy and it’s a great way to save money. You can read my column in The Spokesman-Review: Don’t toss those geraniums […]
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Are you familiar with the insects known as thrips? I got a big surprise in my garden this season: lots and lots of thrips damage. Ugh! That’s the topic of my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Thrips may be little but they are mighty damaging. Or you can read my column underneath the […]
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I can scarcely believe it’s time to talk about The Friends of Manito fall plant sale next Saturday. The good news is that fall doesn’t officially begin on Sept. 22 but the great news is that you’ll find fantastic plants at this sale! That’s the topic of my garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: […]
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