Autumn’s rich hues are on display all around us. Sunlit days, frosty nights, and yards covered in leaves are a trademark of the season. Soon we’ll commence raking, bagging, and disposing of leaves. What a chore. But wait, what if there was an easier way to dispose those leaves? One that would save you from bagging and benefit your garden at…
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It’s hard to bid adieu to the summer garden. No more vine-ripened tomatoes, no snacking on fresh beans or sweet cherry toms, no walking through the garden to see what’s ripening, no pulling errant weeds (wait, that never stops!), no more just sitting and taking it all in. But wait! You don’t have to hang up your trowel just yet….
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It’s a fact: We have a fairly short growing season for warm-weather crops in north Idaho. But summer’s end doesn’t mean that the garden has to stop producing. On the contrary, planting a fall garden delivers fresh produce right through October, past the first frost, and with a little help from Mother Nature, mulch, and row covers, well into November!…
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The warm, sunny days throughout May gave our heirloom tomato plants a good start into summer. Blossoms were spotted on every plant and we even saw a few tiny green tomatoes on the cherry varieties. How wonderful! It’s going to be a great tomato year… And then it was June. And it was wet. And it was cold. And now,…
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