Gold Feather Gardens Blog - Gold Feather Gardens

I've been reflecting lately on how a gardener's work is never truly complete. In the way that an artist must decide when to set down their brush, a time comes each season for a gardener to say, "Enough," and take in the beauty of their labor for a time.

In our gardens, we keep things as natural as possible. That means, our gardens are visited often by critters. From squirrels to voles, aphids to squash bugs, we have seen it all in our raised beds in Boise, Idaho. Here’s how we control for pests.

It’s the first week of June, and I hope your raised beds in Boise, Idaho are full to the brim with summer plants. Mine is, and now I’m spending more time checking on my plants and watching for seeds to sprout than I do scrolling Instagram (woohoo for me!) But I’m also doing a whole host of other things, so I wanted to share those with you. Think...

I’m lucky enough to live near Harrison Boulevard, so as I watch the Halloween decorations go up, I spend a lot of time outside with my neighbors. This month, three of my neighbors have redone their front lawns, making them more usable for our social street and more manageable from a plant perspective. This refresh has meant we all spend a bit more time outside together, which...