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How to Prepare Your Lawn and Garden for the Fall and Winter
The weather in the Treasure Valley has been an exercise in extremes this summer, giving us both heat and drought and unseasonably chilly temperatures and rain. These temperature extremes and conditions can really do a number on your lawn and garden, but as the seasons...
What is Arbor Day?
Article from the National Arbor Day FoundationFull credit for this content to the National Arbor Day Foundation Arbor Day is an annual observance that celebrates the role of trees in our lives and promotes tree planting and care. As a formal holiday, it was...
The Successful Planting Guide for Trees and Shrubs
Need help successfully planting trees and shrubs? Here's a great planting guide for your trees and shrubs! How-To Guide: Dig a hole 1 ½ 2 times as wide as the root ball and 4-6” deeper. Examine the soil you have removed from the ground. If you have “poor soil,” blend...
Spring Planting Guide & Calendar for Boise Area
Spring - Time to Get Growing Wondering when the best time to start planting your vegetable garden in Nampa, Boise, Caldwell is? Following this spring planting calendar for a successful growing season. Garden Preparation: You’ll need to work the soil, add some organic...
Which Bees are Best for Pollinating Early Blooming Flowers, Trees and Shrubs? The Orchard Mason Bees
THE ORCHARD MASON BEES OSMIA LIGNARIA PROPINQUA CRESSON "BLUE ORCHARD BEE" 2021 The Orchard Mason Bee or Blue Orchard Bee is our Western native pollinator, which appears each year in late winter and early spring to pollinate all our early blooming fruit...
Things to Consider When Thinking About a Backyard Orchard
Backyard Orchard Culture How amazing would it be to harvest fresh, homegrown fruit straight from your own backyard? We say, yes, please! Backyard orchard culture, especially in and around the Boise area, is on the rise. This brief article will give you the basics to...
Planting to Attract Wildlife
As spring approaches you may be considering what you want to plant in your gardens and flowerbeds. If you enjoy the presence of song birds, hummingbirds, butterflies and other pleasant creatures, your garden can be customized to draw them in! Here are a few...
How To Grow Onions and Potatoes
It may seem less than economical to grow your own onions and potatoes, however, the taste of these fresh vegetables more than return that investment. It takes only a minimum of effort which will lead to a bountiful harvest. In this article we will discuss a couple of...
Composting Tips
It is trash day and you have a few cans on your curb waiting to be picked up. Think about all the things that go into your garbage can. Perhaps some of those things include lawn clippings, leftovers from meals over the last week or other organic materials. Many people...
Lawn & Garden Winterization
Planning for cold weather is important to the survival and vitality of your plants in the spring. Some of you may have already started this process, but there is still time for those of you who haven't. Diagnosis of ailments for treatment, clearing of debris and...
“Fall” for Fruit Trees
Summer activities are drifting off and things are cooling down. Turning leaves, pumpkin patches and hot chocolate are what's on our mind. Fall is a time for us to settle in and slow down. The natural world around us feels this too as nature begins to focus its...
Spring – Time to Get Growing
Garden Preparation:You will need to work the soil, adding organic matter and Soil Activator, to encourage an ideal growing medium. (For any root crops, such as potatoes or carrots, add some bone meal.) Now let us discuss appropriate planting times for the vegetables...
Preventing and Treating Chlorosis
Chlorosis, or yellowing, refers to plant leaves that are become faded-green or yellowed, rather than a healthy, dark green color. When manifest, the leaf veins often will remain dark while the rest of the leaf becomes lighter. This condition is common with maples, but...
Fall and Winter Gardening: Mums and Shrubs
The onset of Fall and the Winter that follows are synonymous, metaphorically and botanically speaking, with the death and dormancy of most species of foliage. However, the Fall months provide some of the best opportunities for improving your lawn and garden with Fall...
Installing a New Lawn From Seed
Starting with a good soil base will greatly increase germination of seeds and help with overall health of the established lawn. It is advised to till in compost to add organic matter to our typically clay soil. This will provide nutrients and hopefully increase...