Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
My Fickle Friend — March March came in like a lion in north Idaho. Our overnight temperatures dipped into the single digits, and windchill forced minus figures. As I write, it’s a balmy 16 degrees with blizzard-like conditions blowing outside the window. You know it’s cold when the chicken-girls won’t leave the coop (and who could blame them?) A friend…
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The 2014 Heirloom Plant Line-Up is Posted! As I write this, old man Winter still has a tight grip on us — more than 6 inches of snow has once again blanketed the garden. Yet, his icy grip will slowly loosen as the days lengthen, and we slip and slide ever closer to glorious spring (less than 30 days away…
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The first round of seed packets arrived in the mail this past week from Baker Creek. It’s a little like Christmas — anticipating the package delivery, opening it, and being so delighted by the colorful seed packets, and all the promise that each holds. Crazy, I know, but that’s how it is when your passion is digging in the dirt….
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After a very dry December and January, it looks as though winter has finally arrived in Coeur d’Alene. A lovely blanket of snow has finally covered the garden and will help to insulate the ground against the bitter-cold temps that are predicted for the next week. For me, there is nothing so satisfying as paging through seed catalogs while the…
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