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. For the majority of...
Category: Garden Corner
Group plants milkweed at Pine Street Woods to attract threatened butterfly species
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 guessed that she was starting...
Sandpoint Library hosts second installment of monthly ‘Natural Connections’ program
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 Yvonne Heitz hopes to...
In search of conkers
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 2. I remember it...
What you see is what you get
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 was alone in the...
Dirt-y secrets: in the thick of it
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, bees of all kinds,...
BoCo Gardeners Assoc. debuts its first-ever food garden tour
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: a food garden tour....
Dirt-y Secrets: Being mindful of harmful plants to pets,fertilizer and insecticides
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 in the lower elevations,...
Dirt-y Secrets
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 it’s likely to be...
Dirt-y Secrets
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 rain, hopefully. So, be...
