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It’s Dahlia Time Again at Double Decker Farm

20 September 2022

Meyla

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Categories: Gratefulness

If you see cars swerving in downtown Sandpoint or in the Selle Valley around September, there just may be a roadside dahlia spotting involved. They’re that astounding. Tall and stately, crowned with colorful mopheads of eye-catching petals, dahlias take up space in the most pleasing way at harvest time. Dahlias are flamboyant and almost always get a reaction from anyone paying any attention.

When Life Gives You Cabbage

16 September 2022

Meyla

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Categories: General Kvetching with Educational Tidbits

Back in spring I was an innocent lamb. I planted and I planted — with nary a care for what weeds might rear their ugly heads come June. I didn’t think about yield or much else, I just wanted to tuck little baby plants into healthy soil.

On Knowing Your Limits . . .

14 September 2022

Meyla

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Categories: General Kvetching with Educational Tidbits

Double Decker Farm, by all logical accounts, is crazy. What we have here is a two-level gardening situation and last time I checked, I am still just one person.

Selle Valley Reverie: A Childhood Steeped in Tradition

31 August 2022

Meyla

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Categories: Reminiscing

I was fortunate to grow up in the Selle Valley from the fourth grade on, attending Northside Elementary School just about a mile from my family’s home as a girl. I graduated from Sandpoint High School and later, the University of Idaho.