Pat Munts

What a crazy spring we are having this year. It started early, which got everyone fired up and ready to plant. A few warm days here and there got things growing, but it was still early and Mother Natu ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

Many of us will remember the little ditty about lady bugs. “Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home, your house is on fire and your children are gone.” I think about whenever I find a lady bug in the garden

It's been a long , cool spring. Perfect weather for our gardens to come in lush and green. In my garden, many of the plants grew bigger than I'd ever seen. Maybe it was the fertilizer, maybe it was th ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

Here we are at the beginning of the July growing season. Seeds have come up. It's finally warm enough that the peppers, tomatoes and squash are growing. The weeds are flourishing and after a not-so-co ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

Some gardeners would think we are almost at the height of the vegetable season. Tomatoes are setting, corn is more than knee-high and cilantro and lettuce are bolting. But wait! Are we really on the h ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

Last week, I talked about starting a fall garden to take advantage of the cooling temperatures. Now it's time to talk about dividing and transplanting bearded iris and daylilies and removing spent raspberry canes.

We don't have air conditioning in our 1984 house and we don't need it. We have tall pines to the south and west of the house that keep it cool. We close the house up during the day and put a couple of ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

By Pat Munts For The Spokesman-Review Are your hanging baskets looking leggy and scraggly? Are your petunias looking sad and begging for water?

Nicole Taylor stopped dead in her tracks. Her zucchini and summer squash plants that were lush and growing a week ago in her community garden plot were now wilted and dying. “What happened? They were ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...