Pat Munts

Recently a reader contacted me asking why there were so many ponderosa pine cones this year. He has been picking them up by the bagful and a friend has taken multiple pickup truck loads to the transfe ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

And now for the finishing touches in the garden. Deck pots filled with colorful annuals, grasses, vegetables, herbs and even fruit. Even the smallest garden or apartment deck can be brightened up with ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

On a recent Wednesday morning, the Friends of Manito plant sale yard at Spokane's Manito Park was bustling with folks carefully tending and trimming pots of plants getting them ready for their annual ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

Stepping into MJ and Richard Woods' garden on Dartford Creek north of Wandermere made me think I was stepping into the English landscape from the children's story “Wind in the Willows.” All the elemen ...Thank you for visiting Spokesman.com. To continue reading this story and enjoying our local journalism please subscribe or log in...

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...