What do you do when your garden is invaded by bugs? If you’re an organic gardener, a plague of pests can test your convictions. Do you patiently pick the bugs off, accept serious losses or pull out the big chemical guns?
In this installment of the Market & Garden Report correspondent Guy Hand...
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Raw milk is a controversial food. Proponents say it is healthier and more flavorful than processed, pasteurized milk. Yet many states outlaw its sale, saying raw milk is unsafe.
Idaho, however, recently changed it’s laws to allow the selling of raw milk. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy...
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Tags: agriculture, cheese, cheesemaking, dairies, dairy, dairy farm, farm to table, farmer's market, food, Idaho, local food movement, locavore, raw milk
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SEATTLE – Destructive fruit flies were detected for the first time in eastern Washington. The Asian red-eyed fruit flies were spotted in five major fruit production regions. They damage ripening soft fruit by laying eggs in it.
According to a researcher at Washington State University, some peach growers in Oregon reported losing 50% of their...
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This weekend, around 30,000 people are expected to descend on Sequim, Washington for that small town’s 14th annual lavender festival. Organizers boast it is North America’s biggest celebration of the purple herb. Lavender festivals are blossoming all over the Northwest. There’s another one in Twin Falls, Idaho this Saturday and on San Juan Island,...
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One of gardening’s most fundamental chores — watering — is also one of its most vexing. Even seasoned gardeners struggle with the question of when and how much to water.
In this episode of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand talks to Clay and Josie Erskine of Peaceful Belly Farms about...
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PROSSER, Wash. — The legend of John Henry pits a “steal driving man” against a steam drill. John Henry wins the contest but in the long run, machines have prevailed in the American economy. Now, researchers at Washington State University are developing a modern day contraption that could put cherry pickers out of work....
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This Thursday, Outdoor Idaho will air a show on Idaho’s vibrant local food scene. It’s a story that Idaho Public Television producer Thanh Tan has been working on since last summer — a subject dear to her heart. Here’s what Tan says about the show:
“I always tell people one of the pleasures of working at IdahoPTV...
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Tags: agriculture, farm to table, farmer's market, food, foodways, Idaho, Idaho Public Television, local food movement, locavore, Outdoor Idaho, sustainable agriculture
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It’s berry season. Area farmers’ markets are chocked full of blackberries, blueberries and raspberries. But there’s one berry at the Capital City Public Market in Boise that many of us know only through nursery rhythms. In this installment of the Market & Garden Report, correspondent Guy Hand tries the sung-about-but-seldom-eaten mulberry.
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A bird is helping blur the boundary between urban and rural America. A few years ago, a chicken would have been a reliable sign that you’d crossed into farm country. No more. As correspondent Guy Hand reports in this installment of Edible Idaho, chickens are invading many American cities — and helping...
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Tags: agriculture, animal cruelty, backyard chickens, backyard poultry, chickens, factory farming, food, local food movement, locavore, poultry, sustainable agriculture, urban chickens, urban poultry
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For the last two months, the Market & Garden Report has aired tips on vegetable gardening — with the help of Clay and Josie Erskine of Peacefully Belly Farms. That’s the “how” of gardening. Today correspondent Guy Hand is going to look at the “why” of gardening — why so many people...
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