Mad About Science: Idaho native bees
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
When asked to name three characteristics of bees, most would say that they’re yellow and black, they live in a hive and they make honey. …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
When asked to name three characteristics of bees, most would say that they’re yellow and black, they live in a hive and they make honey. …
By Mary Timblin
Reader Contributor
When Gail Bolin presented a talk on the declining number of monarch butterflies at the East Bonner County Library last winter, she would have never …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Despite its 5,000-year history and continued prevalence in India and Tibet, Ayurveda is still relatively obscure to many in the global West. Ayurvedic wellness counselor …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
My old Montessori school once stood imposingly tall — for a toddler — between the Sandpoint Charter School and the roaring traffic of U.S. Highway …
By Susan Geise
Reader Contributor
It happened again, just a few minutes ago. As it often does. Perhaps as it was intended from the start.
At first, I thought I …
By Ranel Hanson
Reader Columnist
Hooray for August! Sun, a warm lake, berries and flowers everywhere — hooray!
Little brown frogs, grasshoppers that look like butterflies when they fly, butterflies, …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
With the number of school and community gardens on the rise, the Bonner County Gardeners Association is beginning a brand new tradition Sunday, Aug. 6: …
By Ranel Hanson
Reader Columnist
Hello gardeners! As I write this in mid-February, we are just emerging from some serious cold — and wind. That combination, with little snow covering …
By Ranel Hansen
Reader Columnist
“They who sing through summer, must dance through winter.” — Italian proverb
There is no doubt about it, we are entering a new season and …
By Ranel Hanson
Reader Columnist
October is transitional. There is lots to do but we will do it in cooler weather. We can get warm, sunny days or frost. And …
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