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For this week’s column, I wrote about water conservation in the garden. You can read it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Practice water conservation in your landscape. (or you can read the text of my column at the bottom of this post) Here in Spokane, Wash., we’ve been experiencing a very dry spring which is unusual for us. That […]
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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. I think a lot of folks are unaware of the wide variety of native plants available to us and how they add to our gardens. Many […]
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Throughout the growing season, I enjoy profiling local gardeners. Especially those who have a spectacular garden or a special skill to share with you. In today’s column, Tracy and Alan Lewis have both! They explained how they set up a drip irrigation system as an add-on to their existing sprinkler system. Here’s a link to it: Drip system need not […]
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Considering the unseasonably warm temperatures we’ve been experiencing this spring, I felt it would be important to write about conserving water in our gardens. Here’s is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Save water by paying attention to soil, plant needs. Much of it is about irrigation practices in times of drought, which is something […]
Read moreDrought-tolerant Helenium (a.k.a. Sneezeweed) Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Low-water wonders. The topic is drought-tolerant plants, which I felt would be of interest to anyone who has been dealing with the heat and drought of this summer. It’s always a good idea to use drought-tolerant plants in our landscapes in order to […]
Read moreHere is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: As summer nears, think water-wise. This column is about what we gardeners can do regarding water conservation in our landscapes. However, there was a mix-up at the newspaper and the column that was supposed to run was all about next Saturday’s (5/9) Garden Expo. If you’re not familiar […]
Read morePhoto #1: Getting ready to swap out the old T Tape for Aqua Traxx Last year, my husband and I installed a new irrigation system on our raised beds. We’ve used soaker hoses on each bed for years but they frequently clogged with minerals, which reduced the amount of water coming out of them. We felt it was time to […]
Read morePhoto #1: drip irrigation Continuing our discussion (see previous post) of the new drip tape system we recently installed in our garden, I wanted to show you what we did on one of our 3′ x 8′ raised beds. Photo #1 shows the supplies we needed: 1/2″ tubing to make the manifold, 1/2″ figure-8 ends to seal off each end […]
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