Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
Note: The Coeur d’Alene Coop was recently named an expert in a Rent. article. Check out the featured article: Backyard Design Ideas to Create an Outdoor Oasis | Rent. Excepts from my article below were used in the Rent. blog post. Are your flowering patio pots looking the same year after year? This year, punch them up a bit by…
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I love tomatoes. Specifically, I love growing tomatoes. Did you know there are 10,000 varieties of tomatoes? I think I’m on a mission to grow them all. Seriously, for me there is no greater joy than picking that first big, juicy tomato in the summer. Every gardener should experience that joy (and that mouthwatering taste). I’ve been asked if it’s…
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Walk through any garden center or home store today and you’ll find rows and rows bursting with a beautiful array of summer flowers, vegetables, and herb plants. Spring has finally arrived, and gardeners in northern Idaho are eager to start planting everything from petunias to peppers. Whoa, Nellie! Hold on a minute (or a few weeks). Just because these warm-season…
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The back seat of your car is chock-full of plants. Yippee!! But, it’s still April… uh oh. Now what?? Box-stores, home centers, Costco, and even some nurseries, are bursting with beautiful summer flowers, herbs, and vegetables. And gardeners are eager to get planting; a list of “must-have plants” in one hand and a trowel in the other! It’s really hard…
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