The long cold winter in McCall is a dangerous time for the home gardener. The snow covers the ground for at least five months, sometimes more. There is only so much planning and seed shopping you can do, and then…you may find yourself with interesting new hobbies. Winter 2014/15 We…
Ah, winter hobbies. After a crazy fall (a DIY wedding, last-minute garden harvests, and a busy work schedule) the winter has been wonderfully calm. Too calm. Renovating our bedroom hasn’t been enough of a distraction, so it was time to drag out a project we’d been putting off for a…
A few days ago Toby called me from Mississippi, where he is doing prescribed burning for 6 weeks. One of his coworkers lives in New Meadows, and his wife had found mouse damage girdling their fruit trees. “Can you check our trees?” he asked. Our trees are still under 3 feet…
It’s the middle of February in Idaho. In some places, that is early enough to start thinking about the snow melting and the sun shining and greenery pressing up through the ground. Here, the snow might not melt until May and the greenery knows better. My fellow gardeners and I…