Idaho Gardens

I love seeing how other people create vegetable gardens. When I was in Idaho last May, this garden was nearly bare and without fencing. They had just planted a few seeds which had only seed leaves.

Even though they have a short season (90 days), the long days of sun make up for it. At the Summer Solstice the sun comes up at 3:30 am, and goes down at 10:30 pm! This is how the garden can grow so fast. As with any place else, the weeds can take over if not kept in check.

This garden is well-kept and there are no weeds. It is a very full garden and will produce abundantly, unless there is an early frost--a killing frost can happen any night of the summer. This year they had a long, cold, wet spring and people had to plant their seeds and transplants three times before anything grew.

This fence is beautiful and very artistic. Besides looking good, it is a trellis for climbers. In this last photo you can see something growing--it's actually the post! There were several sprouts along these two posts and nothing growing at the bottom. I don't know what kind of wood they used, but it is happily growing in the garden!

This morning I cut back my pear tree, and cut down all of the blue jay's pecan trees. It's tough to get out early enough in the morning before it gets too hot, but I am making progress a little at a time.