Blog Entries for Ed Byington

Gardening in North Nampa

Ed Byington — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:50:14 +0100

The old timers in North Nampa will always tell you to not plant your tomatoes before the snow is off the Owyhee Mountains or Schafer Butte. We are a Zone 3 climate and therefore should be aware that the plants we grow can tolerate the cold weather. Another thing; they must be "drought tolerant" as well. Before man-made irrigation Nampa was sagebrush and desert.

Lilacs, Choklecherry, Oregon Grape, Junipers, and Buffalo Grass are all naive to the area.&nb [...]

North Nampa

Ed Byington — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:08:49 +0100

North Nampa is a great place to live.

To me Nampa is "Mayberry" and Opy Taylor had nothing over me.

It was a pleasant country town on the Union Pacific railroad line half-way between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington. It was nothing to hop on you bicycle and ride 5 or 6 miles to visit a playmate for the afternoon. Downtown Nampa, Idaho was busy; stores were full and shoppers in them. Life was good.

Now, life in Nampa, Idah [...]