Noxious Weeds in Deary Idaho and What They Tell Us
Noxious Weeds in Deary Idaho and What They Tell Us: Artemisia: Indicates soils high in potassium Asters: Indicate alkaline soils, poor humus and poor drainage Bindweed (Convulvulus arvensis): shows up when the soil is worked before it dries out. It is a sign of low humus and moist, poorly-drained soils and more. . .
About Elk Meadow Farm Nursery
Our picturesque, rural, for-profit, diversified small farm/nursery/food forest is a model of all things edible grown and sold locally in our climate in Deary, ID (Currently Zone 6B). We are stewards of the land and forest in unique ways (of course) not yet fully known or understood by our community which includes two nearby land grant universities.
Avon, Idaho Busy Bees Club
Every year the Avon Busy Bee club makes a quilt to raffle off to generate funds to maintain our 100 year old community center. Avon is a small off shoot of the town of Deary, Idaho. The Community Hall (also called the Rue church or the Bees Club house) is the oldest community building in Deary.
Elk Meadow Farm Tour 2010
Well, it’s been a year since we planted our first crop of fence posts at our new home which we’ve named Elk Meadow Farm & Nursery here in Deary, ID. What a change! We’re pretty proud of what we’ve done in 18 months here with raw property.