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As you know, I’m on my annual break from writing garden columns. But I’m continuing to shoot a new video each week and also will be blogging during the week as time permits. My newest video is about garden tasks to tackle in October… at least in my zone 5b garden, that is. For all I know, you’re enjoying deliciously […]
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At the risk of seeming redundant, I need to write one more post about how to keep cucumbers fresh. Why? Here’s the deal: On Oct. 8, I wrote a Facebook post in which I shared a tip I’d learned. In the past, whenever I harvested cucumbers, they would turn soft or shrivel up so quickly. I recently did a web […]
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Holy cow! A few days ago, I wrote a Facebook post about a new tip. It was about how to store  cucumbers so they stay fresh. Little did I realize how many folks would find this tip so useful! As I write this, 7 MILLION people have seen the post! There have been 17,000 comments and an astounding 82,000 shares! […]
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If you’re thinking your garden season is just about over, hold on! Fall is the time to plant garlic . You don’t want to miss out on growing this amazing member of the onion family. That’s the topic of my garden column today, which you can read below. In my column, I explain the difference between hardneck and softneck garlic. […]
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I’ve said this before but it bears repeating. The one good thing about the pandemic has been the surge of interest in growing vegetables. Thank heavens for a silver lining, right? In my garden column today, I write about the challenges new gardeners have faced this year. You can read about this in The Spokesman-Review: New vegetable gardeners share triumphs […]
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Homemade salsa made with a whole lot of goodness from your garden is the BEST. Am I right? I’ve had a lot of requests for the salsa recipe that Bill and I make. We’ve been perfecting it over the past couple of summers and think we’ve finally nailed it! Use a food processor to shorten the amount of preparation time […]
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All of a sudden, I’m starting to experience a bit of garden overwhelm. There are so many things to harvest and preserve for yummy fall and winter eating. Since there are a lot of new gardeners this year and increased interest in preserving the harvest, I thought that would be a perfect topic for today’s garden column and video. You […]
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I can’t believe we’re nearly a week into September already! How did that happen? Even though our growing season isn’t over yet, I’ve been thinking a lot about this year’s garden. I felt it would be a good time to conduct a garden season review. Here’s a link to my column in The Spokesman-Review: Keeping track of the year’s ups […]
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Do you live in a region that has a short growing season? I sure do! In my zone 5b garden, we typically get our first frost in mid- to late September, which is right around the corner. But I still want to keep harvesting things from my garden. With that in mind, my column for today is about growing a […]
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A few days ago, I shot a video of the newest addition to our landscape: it’s an elevated garden planter from Gardener’s Supply. As I explained in the video, the pandemic has made it very difficult to order garden supplies from just about any source. But it’s finally here and I had the chance to create an herb garden just […]
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