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If you are looking at this photo and thinking it’s a bunch of egg yolks, let me quickly clarify that’s not the case at all. What you’re seeing is a twist on my favorite sandwich to make during tomato season. Ordinarily, I make these sandwiches with larger slicing tomatoes but since we have a lot of Sungold tomatoes right now, […]
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Even though I garden in zone 5, I have learned how to garden through the winter months. And that’s without the use of supplemental heat! Yes, this really is possible. You can learn how I do this in today’s garden column about growing a winter garden. Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Choose the right crops and covers […]
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I love growing, storing, and cooking with onions. They can be used in so many different types of dishes. The timing on harvesting onions can seem a little tricky. My goal is to share a bit of information with you. And I also wanted to point out something that can impact how long they’ll keep in storage. The thing I […]
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I recently shot a video on July garden tasks. In it, I mentioned how I’d harvested most of my broccoli heads for freezing purposes. Blanching vegetables first is a way of preserving the harvest and applies to peas, beans, broccoli, and other veggies. According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, you blanch vegetables prior to freezing for several […]
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If you live in the Inland Northwest, you OWE it to yourself to go to the Friends of Manito spring plant sale! It takes place on Saturday (June 9) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale is the subject of my column this week. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Stock up on pollinator […]
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If you’re looking for a way to maximize the space in your vegetable and beds, vertical gardening is just what you’re looking for! That’s the topic of my column this week. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Expand your garden by growing up. (or you can read my column lower in this post) Many of […]
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For my garden column this week, I wrote about adding native plants to your landscape. Here’s a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Native plants a natural fit for home landscapes. (or you can read my column lower in this post) Background on native plants column: I think a lot of folks are unaware of the wide […]
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It’s almost here, gardening friends! “It” is Garden Expo, the largest garden event in the Inland Northwest, and that’s the topic of my latest column. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Annual Garden Expo back with classes, vendors, fun. (or you can read my column lower in this post) This is the 19th year that […]
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I recently planted one of our favorite members of the cabbage family: broccoli. One of my best friends recommended the variety ‘Early Dividend’, so I decided to see how it grows for us. As I was planted the seedlings, I realized that I should share a few tips with you. Why? Growing cabbage family crops can be tricky due to their […]
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My garden column for this week is about two huge plant sales in Spokane. One put on by the Spokane County Master Gardeners and the other by the Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane. Here is a link to the headline in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Largest area plant sales on the horizon. (or you can read my column lower […]
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