03/29/2017 TimberGardener

If you’ve ever taken a cutting from a spider plant, you know how easy it can be to make one plant into two.  There are several methods of asexual plant propagation. Cutting: Rooting a severed piece of a plant, such as the stem of a pothos plant or a jade…

02/19/2017 TimberGardener

Okay, harvest is definitely not an accurate description.  But our expectations were zero, so we were delighted with a handful of dark blue berries. There’s a honeyberry in there, I swear. 2015 was rough for honeyberries, but they started to do well in the spring of…

02/13/2017 TimberGardener

Berries might be the most successful perennial you can grow in our area.  There are so many to choose from, and it seems like there is a new ‘superberry’ in the news daily.  I think it is safe to say berries, regardless of type, are good for you.  Here is the…

06/11/2016 TimberGardener

Utah Honeysuckle (Lonicera utahensis) If you’ve ever walked through the woods near McCall, ID, you’ve probably seen several honeysuckle varieties growing wild. The distinctive red twinberry, or Utah Honeysuckle (Lonicera utahensis) looks like two translucent fish eggs glued together. The black twinberry (Lonicera involucrata) looks like…