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…
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…
In 2017, The Timber Garden Blog will be linked to the new West Central Mountains Food Coalition website. We will be featuring contributions from Melissa Hamilton, our Valley County Extension Educator, as well as several Valley County Master Gardeners. I’m incredibly excited to expand the blog to cover more local food promotion….
Technically it was a practical purchase. It was the hardiest fig available, at zone 5. If it froze, shoots would quickly regrow from the hardy roots. Violetta de Bordeaux fig, recently arrived and repotted. In 2016 I ordered a Violetta de Bordeaux fig from Burpee’s. It…
A pluot has a complex family tree. It starts off simply enough, just cross an apricot and a plum. Both are stonefruit, both in the Prunus genus, both easily identifiable in the grocery aisle. It is simple to cross-pollinate these fruits. The result is a plumcot, bred over 100 years…