Sept. 11 Column: Succession Planting

succession planting, rudbeckia, black-eyed Susan

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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Aug. 21 Column: Friends of Manito Fall Plant Sale

Friends of Manito fall plant sale

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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Heat Protection for Your Plants

heat protection, sunflower

I know much of the U.S. has been dealing with extremely hot temperatures lately. Here in the Inland Northwest, the temperatures are heading into the low 100’s this week. What’s a gardener to do? Provide your plants with some heat protection. This morning, while it was still cool, Bill and I headed out to our vegetable garden for that very […]

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