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• Savvy gardeners holding steady on tomato plants

  May 6, 2012 in Features on Page D3 When it comes to growing veggies, the tomato has to be everyone’s favorite. And why not? The taste of a homegrown, sun-ripened tomato can’t be beat. Right now, I have … 1

• Get ready to plant squash, pumpkins

  April 29, 2012 in Features on Page D3 It’s just about time to start planting warm-season crops in the vegetable garden. This includes beans, corn, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and summer and winter squash. In this region, our average …

• Time to try new varieties of veggies

  March 11, 2012 in Features on Page D3 ‘Variety is the spice of life.” That old adage is certainly applicable to my vegetable garden where I enjoy trying new varieties. Over the years, I’ve tested new offerings against …

• Time to reflect on the gardening season

  October 2, 2011 in Features on Page D3 I just love the fall. It’s such a beautiful time of year and our weather has been delightful. But the downside of fall is that the gardening season is coming …

• Gardeners have been growing as a couple for nearly a decade

  September 11, 2011 in Features on Page D3 It’s fun interviewing a couple of avid gardeners when they happen to be married to each other. Especially when both have very definite ideas about what should be planted in …

• Odd weather has left us with winners, losers

  August 28, 2011 in Features on Page D3 How is your vegetable garden coming along? It’s safe to say the biggest challenge Inland Northwest gardeners have faced this season has been the weather. One of my crop failures …

• Ripening days in garden numbered

  July 30, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V3 OK, its time for Plan B for vegetable gardeners. We have about six weeks to get stuff ripe before our traditional first frost date. How do we salvage the rest …

• Ripening days in garden numbered

  July 28, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S12 OK, its time for Plan B for vegetable gardeners. We have about six weeks to get stuff ripe before our traditional first frost date. How do we salvage the rest …

• Store garden’s bounty for taste of summer

  October 31, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 Vegetable gardeners got lucky this fall. In spite of downright cold weather through most of the summer, we got just enough Indian summer to ripen up most of the garden …

• Store garden’s bounty for taste of summer

  October 28, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Vegetable gardeners got lucky this fall. In spite of downright cold weather through most of the summer, we got just enough Indian summer to ripen up most of the garden …

• Time has come to reassess garden goals

  October 3, 2010 in Features on Page D3 This was not one of our better years for growing a vegetable garden, was it? Between the slow, chilly start to our spring and the up-and-down temperatures during the summer, …

• Plant a Row benefits food banks

  May 24, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I2 The hot trend this year is definitely vegetable gardening. Vegetable starts and seeds are flying off the shelves at plant sales and garden stores. By August, Spokane is going to …

• Plant a Row benefits food banks

  May 23, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V5 The hot trend this year is definitely vegetable gardening. Vegetable starts and seeds are flying off the shelves at plant sales and garden stores. By August, Spokane is going to …

• Plant a Row benefits food banks

  May 21, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W5 The hot trend this year is definitely vegetable gardening. Vegetable starts and seeds are flying off the shelves at plant sales and garden stores. By August, Spokane is going to …