Gardening: Continuing drought conditions make firewise landscaping all the more important OK , folks, let’s get real. This is not the spring to burn weeds off with your handy -dandy weed burner. Last week, fire fighters in the Spokane Valley put out a cou... See more
Gardening: Plants are ahead of schedule this spring OK, folks, I think it’s safe to consider winter is over, such as it was. I have gardened here for nearly 50 years and have never been able to dig holes in January or February. It was strange to be out fi... See more
Gardening: Amendments help provide nutrients, water capacity for soil Last week I talked about the practicalities of using animal manures as a soil amendment. This week I want to talk about a few other common soil amendments like compost, peat moss and co... See more
Gardening: Think about space, growing season when planting fruit trees I still can’t read the weather gods well enough to predict what our weather is going to be for the next few weeks, but we are close to planting time. There is a lot of interest in addi... See more
Gardening: Using native plants in your landscape will help pollinators As you start planning your garden beds this year, make sure you include a good assortment of native plants that support our native pollinators in your plans. Native plants have evolved... See more
