Elaine Christen
August 1, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Human Interest, Humor
by Philip M. Anderson OK, so it’s been three months since our last post. Days have been flying by at the speed of sound. No, wait! At the speed of LIGHT! I know Elaine has many posts written at about 90% completion but we respect you all WAY too much to just throw any ol’ [...]
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Elaine Christen, Ground Squirrels, Groundhogs, Huckleberry Nursery, Marmots, Name the Marmot contest, North Idaho Nurseries, Phil Anderson
April 24, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Human Interest, Landscaping, Vegetable Gardening
by Elaine Christen Every year after months of gray skies and white and brown vistas, the first warmish days of April bring on a full blown case of spring fever in every gardener in the region. The Easter Lilies and potted Hyacinths can soothe the soul for a little while, but soon the urge to [...]
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Elaine Christen, Huckleberry Nursery, North Idaho Nurseries, when to plant annuals
April 10, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education
by Philip M. Anderson Although most of the readers of this blog probably are aware of how to pot and prune a bare root tree, myself included, we decided to shoot a video anyway because of how many bare root fruit trees we had at the nursery (at one point, over 1,200!). After shooting this [...]
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Bare Root Trees, Elaine Christen, Huckleberry Nursery, North Idaho Nurseries, Philip M. Anderson, Plant Trees
April 2, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Landscaping, Vegetable Gardening
by Elaine Christen The end of March may seem a little late to talk about planning and preparation, but here in North Idaho where snowstorms are common in April, there is still time for both. In this, the sixth and last of our Winter Landscape series, we’ll go over the basics of planning and preparing [...]
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Elaine Christen, Garden planning and preparation, Huckleberry Nursery, North Idaho, North Idaho Garden Centers, North Idaho Nurseries, The Winter Landscape
March 3, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education
Winter Trees All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold. -William Carlos Williams, 1883-1963 by Elaine Christen Broadleaf deciduous trees are usually admired mostly in [...]
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Elaine Christen, Huckleberry Nursery, North Idaho Garden Center, North Idaho Nursery, The Beauty of Dormant Trees, The Winter Landscape
February 17, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Landscaping
by Elaine Christen Of all the plants one can have to provide interest in the winter landscape, evergreens offer the most substantial forms. From classic pyramidal trees to lower growing shrubs and ground covers, evergreens can bring life and color to the frosty scenes of winter. The fact that they keep their foliage or needles [...]
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Austrian Pine, Black Hills Spruce, Boxwood, Colorado Blue Spruce, Compact Oregon Grape Holly, Concolor Fir, Creeping Phlox, Dark Green Spreader Yew, Dwarf English, Elaine Christen, Evergreens, Fir, Flower bushes, Green Mountain, Ground Covers, Hick's Yew, Huckleberry Nursery, Kinnickinnick, North Idaho Garden Centers, North Idaho Nurseries, Pine, Rhododendron, Shrubs, Spruce, Subalpine Fir, Trees, Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine, White Fir, Winter Gems
February 4, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Landscaping
by Elaine Christen If you see a bright spot of color in an otherwise drab scene in the winter, there is a good chance it is some kind of berry. Ranging in shades from bright red through orange, yellow, blue, black and purple, berries not only treat the eye, but also sustain many birds and [...]
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American Cranberry, Beautyberry, Berries, Chokeberry, Crabapple, Elaine Christen, European Mountain Ash, Huckleberry Nursery, North Idaho Garden Centers, North Idaho Nurseries, Shrubs, The Winter Landscape, Trees, Washington Hawthorn, Wentworth Vibernum, Winterberry
January 30, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Landscaping
by Elaine Christen Wintertime is often considered bleak and monotone, just shades of grey and white, but with some planning and creative design, the landscape can be painted in a tapestry of color and texture. Second in a series of six, this article will demonstrate just how interesting and multihued your winter landscape can be [...]
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Amur Chokecherry, Colored and Textured Stems, Elaine Christen, Golden Curls Willow, Huckleberry Nursery, Japanese Kerria, Ninebark, North Idaho Garden Centers, North Idaho Nurseries, Red Twig Dogwood, River Birch, The Winter Landscape, Yellow Twig Dogwood, Zone 2-8, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 4-7, Zone 5-9
January 18, 2012 Huckleberry Nursery
Education, Landscaping
by Elaine Christen In winter, the landscape may not be lush and colorful as in the spring, summer or fall, but there is still a serene, muted kind of beauty to enjoy in a sleeping garden. In this, the first in a series of six articles, I will explore the many applications of a versatile, [...]
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Black Flowering Fountain Grass, Blue Oat Grass, Dwarf Fountain Grass, Elaine Christen, Feather Reed Grass, Golden Japanese Forest Grass, Huckleberry Nursery, Ice Dance Japanese Sedge, Landscaping, Maiden Grass, North Idaho, North Idaho Garden Centers, North Idaho Nurseries, Ornamental Grasses, Porcupine Grass, Purple Silver Grass, The Winter Landscape, Winter Landscape, Winter Landscape 6 Part Series
December 15, 2011 Huckleberry Nursery
Education
by Elaine Christen Every gardener wishes for the best , most prolific veggie harvest every year, but the old saying is true—be careful what you wish for. You never know which planting will produce a bumper crop. Last year, it was tomatoes, something like 250 pounds of them, for us. This year, it was pumpkins [...]
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Coping with Abundance, Elaine Christen, FCHFP, Huckleberry Nursery, National Center for Home Food Preservation, North Idaho Garden Centers, Vegetable Gardening
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