Stock image provided by Tom Jacobsen Plants require 17 different nutrients to complete their life cycle. Each nutrient is needed in different amounts, and each…
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Sportsman Park, circa 1940. Four zoo cages are visible on the right. Keefer’s piers are located between the two sets of fish runs. The upper…
Stock image I follow the same practices in my garden year after year. In the spring after the soil has time to dry out, I…
Stock image It is that time of year when gardeners are salivating to get out to the garden and get growing. With piles of snow…
Queen’s Tears delicate, drooping cluster of flowers. | Photo Ron Patterson The bromeliads are a group of tough plants that do quite well indoors. Many…
Phalaenopsis Orchid, left, and Dendrobium Orchid | Stock images Looking to do some indoor gardening this winter? Look no further than orchids. With over 28,000…
Dormant orchard | Ron Patterson Fruit trees go through three physiological stages of dormancy: acclimation, endo- and eco-dormancy, and deacclimation. Acclimation There is a period…
Firefighters defend a hillside home threatened by wildfire. | Credit: NapaFireWise.org With the snow falling, much of the outside gardening is done for the year.…
We have finally had our hard frost in eastern Idaho. Many of us try to prolong the blooming flowers by bringing them inside. Geraniums are…
Western Conifer Seed Bugs eat the seeds of Western Conifer trees. | Ron Patterson, EastIdahoNews.com One of the most common calls I get this time…