Gardening
Margaret Lauterbach: Zone designation changes can be tricky
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has upgraded our hardiness zone for most of the Treasure Valley zone from 6 to 7a. The western part of the Valley is now 7b. Go to www.planthardiness.ars.usda.gov and enter your zip code in the upper left box for your exact designation.
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U of I Master Gardener: Ideas are blooming in Meridian Middle School’s student garden
Last fall I introduced you to the Dirt Diggers garden club, a group of bright enthusiastic students eager to learn earth stewardship, lead by school nurse, Betsy Howard. With start-up funds donated by the Parent Teacher Association, on-going garden club fundraisers, devoted teachers, volunteers (...
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MARGARET LAUTERBACH: GARDENING
Margaret Lauterbach: Clippings fuel fertile ‘hugel’ mounds
By the middle of this month, we should be past the probability of extremely cold weather, so it should be safe to perform dormant pruning. Pruning before severe freezes occur may result in tissue damage that could kill your tree, shrub or plant.
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GARDENING
U of I Master Gardener: What are catkins?
With the weather so nice, I’ve been out in my yard looking for signs of life, especially in the plants I added in the late summer and fall. I fear that the fall and early winter drought may have killed some of them. I’m not giving up yet, though.
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MARGARET LAUTERBACH: GARDENING
Margaret Lauterbach: Take care of your birch trees
Many of us love white-barked trees, but few of us actually have them as bright spots in their yards. In our area, white-barked means birch or aspen.
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GARDENING
U of I Master Gardener: Add a caper bush to your family garden
If you have been following my bi-weekly column, you probably have discovered I really love herbs and spices!
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MARGARET LAUTERBACH: GARDENING
The landscape architect behind one of Boise’s most beautiful parks
If you moved to Boise after October 1989, you may not know about the near-magical transformation of a horse pasture into our most beautiful park.
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MARGARET LAUTERBACH: GARDENING
Margaret Lauterbach: The landscape architect behind one of Boise’s most beautiful parks
If you moved to Boise after October 1989, you may not know about the near-magical transformation of a horse pasture into our most beautiful park.
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GARDENING
U of I Master Gardener: How to turn your yard into a showplace
I love looking through seed and plant catalogs. I get great ideas for what to add to my flower beds and new things to try in the vegetable garden. But not very many of them give me ideas of how to arrange the plants and where to add paths, patios, walls and other hardscape to make my yard look like...
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