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The Best Potting Mix Ever!

2015-06-08T10:11:41-06:00

Nothing gives me more satisfaction than formulating products that make gardening more successful. A few years ago we developed T&C Premium Lawn Food. If you’ve used it, you know that it is the best lawn food

The Best Potting Mix Ever!2015-06-08T10:11:41-06:00

How to Grow Strawberries

2015-06-08T10:15:55-06:00

“Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.” That’s what the 19th century poet William Allen Butler wrote of the strawberry. (He also wrote the hilariously funny poem “Nothing to

How to Grow Strawberries2015-06-08T10:15:55-06:00

Starting your own Plant Starts

2015-06-08T10:18:01-06:00

Starting your own vegetable and flower seedlings indoors can bring great enjoyment. And from now through March is the best time to start most seedlings indoors for transplanting outside later. What could be better than

Starting your own Plant Starts2015-06-08T10:18:01-06:00

Mighty Micro-greens!

2015-06-08T10:19:19-06:00

Want to pick fresh greens from your garden, even in the middle of an Idaho winter? One way, of course, is to build your own backyard greenhouse, but greenhouses can be not only expensive to build, but

Mighty Micro-greens!2015-06-08T10:19:19-06:00

Preparing Roses for Winter

2015-06-08T10:32:03-06:00

Growing roses in east Idaho is nothing like growing roses in Portland, or Seattle, or Los Angeles. And that’s both good and bad. The good news is that we don’t have nearly the issues with

Preparing Roses for Winter2015-06-08T10:32:03-06:00

Time to Winterize

2015-06-08T10:32:57-06:00

We’ve enjoyed some wonderful fall weather recently, but it won’t last forever. It’s time to prepare your yard and garden for winter. Here’s a checklist of some of the things that you’ll want to do

Time to Winterize2015-06-08T10:32:57-06:00

Harvest and Storage of Fresh Garden Vegetables

2015-09-15T10:59:55-06:00

Depending on where you live in east Idaho you may have experienced some light frosts by now, maybe even some killing frosts. But even if you didn’t get your garden covered it doesn’t mean your

Harvest and Storage of Fresh Garden Vegetables2015-09-15T10:59:55-06:00

Favorite Fall Foliage For East Idaho

2015-06-08T10:34:26-06:00

Aspens in Swan Valley If you’ve ever been to New England when the fall colors are at their peak you know how spectacular it can be. In east Idaho our color palette is

Favorite Fall Foliage For East Idaho2015-06-08T10:34:26-06:00

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