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The garden event everyone in the Inland Northwest has been waiting for is coming up rapidly! That’s the Friends of Manito Fall Plant Sale, and it just happens to be the topic of this week’s garden column. Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Eye-catching array as autumn looms. (or you can read my column underneath the video below) […]
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As much as I love gardening, I have to admit I’m getting older. This means the concept of making gardening easier is starting to sound very appealing to me! That’s the topic for this week’s garden column in The Spokesman-Review: Tips to make gardening easier as we get older. (or you can read my column lower in this post) In […]
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I love learning about all aspects of gardening. And the best way to do that is by meeting and talking with other gardeners. For my garden column today, I have written a profile of local gardener Laurie Jarmer. Learn how she and her husband, Rick, have transformed their backyard into a food factory in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review. Here’s […]
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Perhaps I caught your attention with today’s topic, eh? After all, we gardeners love saving money in the garden, right? You can learn more about this in my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Saving money in the garden. (or you can read my column lower in this post) On July 12, I posted a question on my Facebook […]
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One of the favorite aspects of my job as a garden writer is that I get to meet other gardeners. And not just “any” gardeners, mind you. I meet awesome, inspiring gardeners all over the country. It has been a goal of mine to write a local gardener profile during the summer months. I know we can all learn from […]
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For this week’s garden column, I wrote about tomato care. You’ll learn what we gardeners need to be doing for our tomato plants this time of year. Then they’ll grow their very best. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Proper staking, consistent watering key to best tomatoes. (or you can read my column lower in this […]
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For this week’s garden column, I decided to focus on flowers. I mean, they’re pretty wonderful, aren’t they? You can read my column by going to today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Flowers for season-long bloom. Or you can read my column below (don’t miss this week’s video underneath it!). Why did I choose this topic? Well, aside from the obvious […]
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I get a lot of questions about how I use my hoop house and greenhouse. Because of that, I felt it should be the topic for one of my garden columns. Well, today’s the day! Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Hoop houses and greenhouses help extend garden season. (you can read my column lower in this post) […]
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The Spokane Rose Show will be held next Saturday (June 22). In addition to having the opportunity to look at breathtakingly gorgeous roses, you’ll get to hear renowned rose hybridizer Ping Lim speak about everyone’s favorite flower. That’s the topic of my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Renowned hybridizer works to make roses easy, even in cooler climates. […]
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I hereby declare the garden tour season officially open! Or at least, it will be on Saturday (June 15) when the Spokane in Bloom garden tour takes place. Learn all about it in my garden column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Spokane in Bloom kicks off garden tour season. Or you can read it below (don’t miss this week’s […]
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