Idaho Home Garden Tips
Idaho Home Garden Tips is a series of online gardening classes available to those who want to learn a little bit more about home gardening.
Classes are offered on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7-7:30 p.m. MT, March through October, via Zoom. Classes are recorded for those who are unable to attend or want to watch portions of the class. Feel free to join in on a class or watch videos that interest you.
- Fall weed control
- Season extension: Tools & techniques
- Fall lawn care: Get set for winter
- Houseplants: The gardener’s winter fix
Need specific gardening information? Check our videos.
- How to start seeds indoors
- How to prune raspberries
- How to prune and trellis tomatoes
- How to plant raspberries
- Fall lawn care: Get set for winter
- How to control weeds: Musk thistle
- How to air-layer a monocot plant
Plant Talk is a question and answer session offered every second and fourth Tuesday after the garden tips class (7:30-8 p.m.). Plant experts and Extension educators, Ron Patterson, Jared Gibbons and Reed Findlay, answer questions you may have about your yard and garden. Join us on Zoom to ask your questions.
- June 27 — Summer Weed Control
- July 11 — Succession Planting - start a second, cool season crop
- July 25 — Preserve the Harvest
- Aug. 8 — No Class, county fair
- Aug. 22 —Storage of Fresh Vegetables
- Sept.12 — Cover Crops
- Sept. 26 — Vertebrate Pests
- Oct. 10 — Composting/Biomass/Dealing with the aftermath of your garden
- Oct. 24 —Gourd Art (in person, $5 per person for materials)
* Missed classes will be posted to YouTube playlist as soon as possible