Starting a garden from scratch
Flowers thrive in the greenhouse at Blue Rouge Garden and Nursery at 2114 W Broadway Ave. in Moses Lake. Owner Kim Ries Ashley said now is a good time to start planting flowers and vegetables that can withstand a bit of cold weather.
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Kim Ries-Ashley’s “spaghetti garden,” where she’s started growing the tomatoes, onions and herbs for a great pasta sauce. Once the weather warms up the plants can be moved outside into the sun.
Kim Ries Ashley, owner of Blue Rouge Garden and Nursery, shows a pot of succulents, which she said are popular with younger gardeners.
A planter of pansies at Blue Rouge Garden and Nursery. Pansies like to bloom in early spring, owner Kim Ries Ashley said.
MOSES LAKE — So you have some lawn just sitting there in the sun. Maybe the kids are too old to play in the backyard, or maybe you knocked down a shed or sold the car that had been sitting there forever. Whatever the reason, you’d like to put it to good use and raise some veggies. How do you start?
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