Inland Northwest Gardening

by Pat Munts
As a child, Tsuneko Horton spent many long afternoons gathering wild lilies. They grew everywhere on her small island off the southern coast of Japan. She fell in love with them. Today, on the other side of the Pacific, in the pine forests of northeast Washington, she and her husband Don have recreated […]

What a summer. When it got hot in July, I was not looking forward to it being hot all the way to Labor Day. Not when we were trying to plan a wedding reception in the yard in mid-August. I had dreams of watering in my pajamas. But Mother Nature fooled us “again” and sent […]

Heat took toll on zucchini plants
Q: Last year, our zucchini did real well. Like many people, we couldn’t harvest them fast enough. This year, our zucchini plant looks great and is putting out a lot of flowers and is setting zucchini as expected. However, when the zucchini are about 3 to 4 inches long, they […]