Gardens

Whether you have a backyard garden or a full-scale farm with crop production, growing things can be a challenge in the Rocky Mountains. But, an upcoming training will offer tips and tricks to alleviate some stress.

When you look at a flower, you can usually tell if it looks healthy or is on its last leaves. But what exactly makes it a good flower, and how does it stand out from the rest? Some experts in our region have it down to a science.

Horticulturalists at Colorado State University judged flowers in their annual trial garden. It’s one of the largest university trial gardens in the nation – and many Mountain West states look to it to decide what flowers to market.

After a relatively slow start, the fire season in the United States is now in full swing. With dozens of uncontrolled large fires burning across the country, the news is again full of images of homes and other structures reduced to blackened foundations. At a demonstration garden in southwest Idaho, one group hopes to educate homeowners and others on the many steps that can be taken to prepare their property for wildfires.

Over the last three years more than 5,000 people in Idaho have died due to COVID-19. Across the U.S. that number increases to more than one million. In order to commemorate those who were lost to the pandemic and the workers who helped care for them Saint Alphonsus Health System has created several memorial gardens to help provide a little bit of hope.

Whether you're new to gardening or have been digging in the dirt for years, there's always more to learn about adjusting to climate conditions, new pests and insects.

On a Saturday in July, the mothers gathered to continue planting a row of trees to line the edges of the garden. Construction is slated to begin this fall but these moms aren’t wasting any time. Knowing the garden is becoming a reality brings them out each Saturday in the summer heat.

If you have a tree overflowing with fruit or a garden that needs some culling, a new website in the Treasure Valley could help you out.Salah Elkatanani…

The University of Idaho’s Canyon County extension office wants to give green thumbs a helping hand. Horticulturist Rich Guggenheim says signing up for the…

Hay fields, vegetable gardens, and slot machines: There are several milestones that mark the timeline of tiny Garden City. This four mile burg, surrounded…