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Last week, I shot a very detailed video on Seed Starting Basics. Ordinarily my videos aren’t so long but there was just so much information to share with you! This time, my second video is a more manageable length of about 10 minutes. For this video, I wanted to follow up with you on how some of the seeds I […]
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Well, I have some very cool news to share with you! As you know, I have a new book coming out in April, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook. I will be chatting with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening fame on his daily podcasts all week long! There will be seven podcasts in all, starting tomorrow and going through next Sunday, […]
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It’s time to talk about seed starting basics! I know that beginning and seasoned gardeners alike want to hit the ground running. That way, they’re ready for this year’s growing season so that’s the topic for this week’s video. I should to warn you in advance that it’s longer than most of my videos. Seed starting is such a useful […]
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Do you know how to grow microgreens? Or, perhaps I should ask first, do you know what microgreens are? Both are the topic of my newest video, which you can view below. To grow microgreens, you thickly sow seeds (usually vegetable or herb seeds) and harvest the young seedlings when they’re quite young. What’s the point? The goal is to […]
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It’s so nice that we can be talking about planting seeds again, isn’t it? If you’re thinking, “but it’s way too early!,” I’m talking about the winter sowing method. That’s involves planting seeds in containers and putting them outside. Then the seeds germinate when the time is right. And that is the topic of my newest video. I tried the […]
Read moreGrowing Under Cover by Niki Jabbour (Storey Publishing, 216 pp., 2020, $24.95) by Susan Mulvihill I’ve known for several months that Niki Jabbour’s new book, Growing Under Cover, would be coming out in December 2020 and have been so excited to read it! I’m a huge fan of hers: she lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she gardens year-round despite […]
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Are you really getting excited for this year’s garden? After being urged to share what I’m growing in our vegetable garden this year, I decided to devote this video to my 2021 seed choices. In it, I’ll share the specific varieties of what I’ll be growing as well as the reasons I chose them. Many are varieties I grew last […]
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For the last month, I’ve given tiny peeks into my new book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook. Your response has been so upbeat and heartwarming. I can finally show you exactly what’s in my book and I have a special announcement about it, too! In my newest video (at bottom of post), I take you on a tour of my […]
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Have you been receiving seed catalogs in the mail lately? I sure have! And I have to admit that paging through them is my favorite activity this time of year. For this week’s video, I thought I’d share some of the best catalogs with you (in my humble opinion). And you’ll learn some tips for choosing the best seeds for […]
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In my recent newsletters, I’ve alluded to an exciting, virtual gardening event coming up. Well, I can finally tell you about it! That event is none other than the Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium. As you know, I live in Spokane, Wash., and have been a Master Gardener for a very long time. Each year, our foundation has put on the […]
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