Here’s a nice PDF article which covers the science behind adding used coffee grounds to your gardening. It covers how the grounds help with disease, growth, and more. There are also some thoughts on composting and mulching. Click here to read the article. Tags: Coffee

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Everyone who attended our March meeting thoroughly enjoyed the entertaining and informative talk given by Eva Lusk on using native plants to attract wildlife to our Spokane area gardens. (Now, by “wildlife” we mean the good kind, i.e. hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, etc., not deer.) Eva gave us a wonderful presentation on the many plants native [...]

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The Spokane Rose Society April meeting included a silent rose auction and a visit from the Tomato Lady.

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Here’s a quick and easy grass barrier using some of your old planting containers.

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Ashdown Roses just released another video on rose care, this one covers how to move a rose that is actively growing. Why would anyone want to do that? Maybe the garden plans changed and your big rose has to move away from what will be the veggie garden. Or maybe you’re moving (locally) and the [...]

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