I was recently (today!) honored to be included in Shirley Bovshow’s Garden World Report, a weekly streaming webcast that is full of excellent garden knowledge. Despite my introverted nature and complete inability to perform in front of a camera, I agreed to Shirley’s request to appear on her show. I created a short music video [...]
It’s often difficult to get motivated for garden work after all has been harvested, deciduous plants have lost their leaves, and chilly weather has set in. But a few chores completed now will make your spring work much smoother. In your vegetable garden, make sure you remove all weeds before they set seed – better [...]
The photos below are all from our gardens and illustrate some of my favorite plants for winter interest: Rose hips from the native Wood’s Rose (Rosa woodsii) are plentiful this year. They provide bright, cheerful color for the fall/early winter landscape. Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium ) has a feathery growth habit throughout the season [...]
Though the top 1-2 inches of soil was frozen solid, I was able to break through and rough grade 10 planting beds at the new community garden project in Priest River. The hiller/furrower attachment for my Troy-Bilt tiller saves countless hours by moving a lot of soil from pathways to the beds. It took over [...]