With the hot summer bearing down upon us, I thought I'd give you a pictorial tour of all the plants I have growing here in my yard, so you can see how they are faring with the heat of the summer upon them.  This year has been a learning experience for me, learning which type of plants do well here in northern Idaho,...

We have been waging a battle I hope we win We are mightily outnumbered.  Indeed our numbers are few Against their crew. We have a few weapons That we have got to use If only we could find Just where their nest is I know we'd win. Sorry... I'm not much of a poet, but we have been waging a war lately, against...

Slow.... very slow!  At least here in North Idaho! I've learned that gardening here in North Idaho requires a LOT of patience!  Coming from Texas with warm days and warm nights, we had double the growing season there, and it seems you would plant something into the ground, and a few days later, you would see...

We took a camping trip this past weekend to one of the northernmost camping sites in the area.  It was in big animal country, with signs posted everywhere of it being grizzly and black bear country, along with the moose, elk, and deer.  We camped at a US Forest Service campground with the only facility being...