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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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Even though Bill and I live in hardiness zone 5b, I don’t consider the garden season finished when fall frosts arrive. I love growing cold-tolerant vegetable crops through the fall and winter months. How is this possible? You’ll find out in my next garden column, which you can read in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Now’s the time to jumpstart […]
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This is the time of year when gardeners – both beginning and experienced – can feel overwhelmed. Not with the maintenance of a vegetable garden but rather, keeping up with the garden harvest. I know that sounds weird because we gardeners are all about the harvest, right? But sometimes it gets ahead of us. That’s the topic of my garden […]
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I think you’ll all agree that gardening is a learning experience. We pick up information from classes, books, friends and neighbors, and all of it increases our skills. A few weeks ago, I asked my Facebook followers if they’d like to share some of their best garden tips and share they did! For my garden column today, I included the […]
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Do you despise aphids as much as I do? I’m guessing the answer to that is a resounding “Yes!” In today’s garden column, I talk about the damage they do in our gardens – both the veggie and ornamental gardens – and methods for dealing with them, or even preventing them altogether. In addition, I share a very interesting new […]
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Bill and I are avid birdwatchers. We’ve created a landscape that attracts them and makes them feel safe. We love listening to them, admiring how beautiful they are, and watching them raise their young. For the most part, we recognize the birds that come here but sometimes we need a little help with bird identification. For this week’s column, I […]
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For this week’s garden column and video, I have given an update on how our vegetable garden is doing. As you know, this has been an extremely challenging spring due to the extended period of cold, wet weather. You can read my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Vegetables getting a slow start, thanks to cool, rainy spring. Or […]
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