Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
The chive blossoms at the 2nd St. Chicken Ranch are outstanding this year. I have several clumps of chives that have been divided multiple times over the years – they just keep getting better and better. I love the subtle onion-y taste of spring chives and use the blossoms as much as possible to dress up everything from potato salad…
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Raising backyard chickens really doesn’t take a lot of effort, but when something comes along that makes tending your flock just that much easier — well you should know about it! I found an enterprising young couple selling nifty, heated water buckets for chickens at the Kootenai County Farmer’s Market a couple of weeks ago. As a marketer, I immediately…
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It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Am I the only person who sings this Andy Williams Christmas tune in May? The opening of the Kootenai County Farmer’s Market is akin to Christmas for me — the anticipation that’s been building since March, wondering if it will snow, and finding the perfect “present” under those huge white pines. If…
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This is such a fickle time of year in north Idaho. One day we are basking in delightfully warm 70 degree temperatures; a tempting taste of the summer to come. The next day we are greeted with hail, a whipping wind and 40 degrees. While these swings in temperature rarely faze cool weather crops like peas or spinach, it can…
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