Extend Life of Leather Gloves
In the video below, Master Gardener Gretchen Anderson shares a way you can drastically extend the life of your leather gloves.
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Dehydrating Grapes
Check out the video below on how to dehydrate grapes to make raisins
Trellising Vining Vegetation
In the video below, Master Gardener Gretchen Anderson talks about an inexpensive trick to trellis your vining vegetation.
D&B Bucket Garden Tower
Our customers are amazing. Thank you to the entire Ridgeway family for their creativity, thoughtfulness, and love of gardening… and for their love of the #DBbucket. My husband drilled several drainage holes in the bottom of each bucket, then we had an assembly line with our three grandkids and daughter. One was in charge of […]
Easy DIY Garlic Salt
For the best (mild) homemade garlic salt, harvest your scapes and break out the dehydrator! As an advanced Master Gardener with the University of Idaho, I have grown certified garlic for many years. Garlic is a protected crop in Idaho. Therefore, you must plant only certified bulbs in Idaho. (Friends don’t let friends plant Elephant […]
DIY Birdseed Wreath
One of our D&B Employees took the advice of the YouTube channel, Garden Answer and made his own birdseed wreath to help out our feathery friends this winter. Rob Scholes is also a great photographer, so the final product is stunning, along with proof that it works. Thank you, Rob, Laura of Garden Answer, and […]
The Quick Garage Insulating Make-Over
For me, it was dahlia tubers and cabbages. For some people it is home canned food or maybe their pet’s comfort or a winter workshop. I needed to insulate my garage against the pending sub-freezing temperatures. I needed to get it done rather quickly. In the heat and busyness of summer, it can be hard […]
Beeswax in Crockpot
The amount of time spent in your hive during the winter is little to none. So, it’s the perfect time to get caught up on all the other beekeeping activities neglected during the busy season – like rendering and filtering beeswax! I collect little amounts of beeswax from my hive throughout the season by cleaning […]
D&B GARDEN SHOW: MAY 21, 2016
Debbie Cook, Master Gardener and Certified Arborist, was joined by Linda Whittig on last week’s garden show. Linda is a freelance writer, a graphic designer, and also a contributor to the D&B Blog. Linda spearheaded the SNOW Block Alley Project in her neighborhood. Linda’s love of gardening sent her in search of a sun-filled place […]
A Customer Story: My Dead Tree
Thank you to Jared Cheney for sharing his dead tree story and his experience of shopping for a chainsaw at D&B Supply in Meridian, Idaho. My Tree Story by Jared Cheney. We had a corkscrew willow in our back yard – it was about nine years old, with an approximately 30 ft ball. Beautiful tree, […]