Idaho Gardener

This just in at the news desk for all you plant geeks: plant sales GALORE in the valley!
May 3, Ada Gardeners Garden Club……10608 W. Cruzer Drive, Boise…….888-2858
May 3, Golden Garden Club…..9185 Coleen (off Maple Grove)……..484-1468
May 10, Idaho Horticulture Society…..1211 S. Owyhee………343-3273
May 17, Master Gardens, Ada County Office on Glenwood……377-2107
June 7, Bobbie and Bob McCaw…….421 [...]

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Here’s a link to a great little blurb in the Seattle PI about growing tea gardens. I couldn’t find the author’s name…….so know in advance I thank them.

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Personally, I find the situation hysterical. I have a hideous case of laryngitis (husband is pretending [as usual] he can’t hear me), and yet, I am quoted on the front page of the Idaho Statesman……..and I am so in the zone……gardening zone. And that would be zone 6. I am stickin’ to [...]

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Ed Bruske, garden guru and cook faboo goes off on a tangent this weekend about the world food crisis. No need for me to repeat what he wrote, just clickety click on over to

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It’s been colder than all get out here. All of three nice days so far in 2008. Last Sunday we were all the way up to 78 and I was luvin it. Then cold and nasty. And we are expecting the next two nights to be about 24 degrees and the paper [...]

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At our Spring Fling, someone asked me about stints on The River radio and the resulting podcasts. You can find them over here, at The River Interactive website. Just scroll through the list and click on it to listen. Yours truly.

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I am happy to pass along this information, just in from the Boise landmark, Edwards Greenhouses (off Hill Road & 36th Street);Garnette Monnie (owner) is conducting gardening 101 classes on Saturdays 10 AM to 11 AM.
At Edwards, no charge.
4/19 Perennials
4/26 Annuals
5/3 Veggies
5/10 TBA
5/17 TBA
May 9,10,11 Mother’s Day Potting Party
June 3 [...]

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Hard to believe that a week ago today I was being chauffeured around Austin by the lovely Pam Pennick and our fellow spring flingers racing from one garden to the next, each one a paradise unto itself, more fabulous than I could imagine. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING quite floats my boat like a [...]

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Pam, just so you know right up front, I poached this recipe from over at your site. I mean, really, why would I want to use anyone’s recipe but yours? You dah hostess with the mostess!
From our wonderful Pam, at Digging in Austin:
Speaking of which, I promised to share the recipe for [...]

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What I did on my summer vacation. No, make that, what I did on my spring vacation: Went to Austin, TX. Yes, I remembered to take some snaps to share with y’all. Didn’t bring you any barbeque or ice cold Shinerbock. Sorry. Pictures is all ya get.
I was [...]

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