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Agriculture, Boise, BoiseFarmMarket, farmer's market, Janie Burns, lamb, local food, sheep, Treasure Valley
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On the first day of each new year Janie and Lori open the doors of Meadowlark Farm to friends and …
02 Tuesday Jan 2018
Posted Photography
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Agriculture, Boise, BoiseFarmMarket, farmer's market, Janie Burns, lamb, local food, sheep, Treasure Valley
This gallery contains 12 photos.
On the first day of each new year Janie and Lori open the doors of Meadowlark Farm to friends and …
02 Friday Dec 2011
Posted Everything else, Travel & Adventure
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Place influences the way we read and the way we write. Part of the delight of blogging is traveling around …
19 Wednesday Oct 2011
Posted Everything else, Travel & Adventure
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Every year during the middle of October, I head north to spend a blissful week in the mountain resort town …
25 Monday Apr 2011
Posted Everything else, Travel & Adventure
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Arrowleaf Balsamroot" Alllium Aaseae, Harrison Hollow, Healthwise, hike, Hillside 2 Hollow, Land Trust, spring, Treasure Valley, Western Meadowlark
The weather was kind to the Treasure Valley on Easter Sunday. Spring has fought to get a foot up on winter this year. Boiseans are starved for warm, dry weather. My friend and I celebrated the weather truce with a hike in the Harrison Hollow area.
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Sagebrush |
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Arrowleaf balsamroot |
Arrowleaf balsamroot flowers brazenly accented the dry grasses that are just beginning to green up. A group of astute hikers drew my attention to a rare wild onion blossom. Allium aaseae is a member of the lily family that grows in only a few areas of the world which happen to be in Ada, Gem, and Washington counties of Idaho. This plant requires course, sandy soil with strong southern hillside exposures from 2,600 feet to 4,900 feet. It shares its habitat with sagebrush and bitterbrush. Aase blooms as early as February during a particularly early, warm spring, but more commonly in April and May. The blooming season last for only two weeks. The plant is rare and unique enough to be considered for the Endangered Species Act.
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Allium aaseae |