From Boise State Public Radio: A season at Boise’s Capital City Public Market and tips on gardening from Peaceful Belly Farms.
Two more of Idaho’s 55 farmers’ markets opened on Saturday April 30th: the Meridian Market at the Crossroads Shopping Center and the Nampa Market in Lloyd’s Square in downtown Nampa. Despite the cool, blustery weather, the Nampa Farmers’ Market was hopping. Founded in 1989 with only three vendors in a parking lot across from...
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Here are a few photos of the very successful and often packed Toyota Farm to Table Tour held at Boise’s Capital City Public Market on Saturday, April 23. As the tour literature puts it: “Now in its third year, the Toyota Farm to Table tour brings together notable local chefs and farmers to showcase...
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On April 16, “guest ringer” J.V. Evans, executive vice president of D.L. Evans Bank, grabbed the wooden handle of a brand-new brass bell, lifted it over his head and ceremoniously rang in a new season at Boise’s Capital City Public Market. Along with the opening of the Eagle Saturday Market the same day, it...
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On Saturday, “guest ringer” J.V. Evans, Executive Vice President of D.L. Evans Bank, grabbed the wooden handle of a brand-new brass bell, lifted it over his head and rang in a new season at Boise’s Capital City Public Market. That event, along with the opening of the Eagle Saturday Market that same day, is...
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The mornings may be dark, the air icy, but that doesn’t have to mean an end to local food. Boise’s Capital City Public Market, for instance, isn’t folding up its tents for another couple of months. On November 6th, it will simply shift into Holiday mode. As correspondent Guy Hand learns in...
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Since early spring, correspondent Guy Hand has been following the progress of a unique gardening class — a class designed to not only teach the basics, but to create and maintain a large, productive garden. It was hard work, but for students who stuck with it the experience was transformational. In this...
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For a gardener, October is the most bittersweet of months. There are days of Indian summer where it looks like the garden could last forever. Then, in one frosty night, the cold comes and it’s all gone. You can fight the frost — but as correspondent Guy Hand finds in this installment...
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