Gardening
Find out how my gardens provide physical and mental health benefits, vegetables & flowers, and family time.
7 Time-Saving Gardening Tips
Follow these seven time-saving gardening tips to ensure a great garden start-up that creates ease for the rest of the season.
Read More ›6 Tips for Successful Container Gardening
The charm of vibrant bushy flowers, herbs, and vegetables offers a colorful greeting that is well worth the trouble, especially when your plants are thriving.
Read More ›Simple Test for Garden Soil Nutrients
Essential beginning step A simple test for garden soil nutrients is an essential beginning step to a fabulous gardening experience. I want to share my experience so that you, too, can have…
Read More ›How to Prune Cool-Season Grasses
How to prune cool-season grasses involves timing, tools, and clean-up.
Read More ›When to Prune Ornamental Grasses
Knowing the grass's seasonal growth pattern will inform you whether it is warm or cool-season grass or an evergreen. Pruning should occur before they start growing again.
Read More ›My Tomato Gala Winner
I grow a variety of tomatoes, and I'm always searching for the best of the best.
Read More ›Easy Steps for Sweet Onion Success
If you're like me and love a sweet onion that's big as in totally covers your hamburger bun and heavy as in juicy crisp, then let's talk.
Read More ›How to Plant a Tomato
This technique is new and exciting for me, so I want to pass it on to you!
Read More ›Master Gardener Internship
Here's an update on my Master Gardener journey. I've now completed my coursework and final, so I've moved from Trainee to Intern status. Pre-Corona, I made connections with certified Master Gardeners to…
Read More ›Master Gardener Journey
Last fall, I applied and was accepted into the WSU Master Gardener program. The orientation class this week launches my training. My passion is plants and people, so this is a perfect…
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