Local Events

Vegetables Taste Like Cardboard? Then Visit One Of The Many Boise Area Farmers Markets

June 18, 2009

A tomato can be either wonderful or, it can be like eating a mouthful of Kleenex.  Blame it on the advent of refrigeration and the supermarket.  On cold winter days however, being able to go the store to get a load of seemingly fresh veggies is great, but it wasn’t always that like that;  If [...]

Read the full article →

Treasure Valley Organic Homebrew Challenge: Come Be A Judge!

June 13, 2009

The Second Annual ‘All Idaho Hausbräu Battle’ and ‘Treasure Valley Organic Homebrew Challenge’ will be here July 11th, 2009.  And, for those of you who like a brew from time to time, this could be a great chance for you to see just how good a homebrew can be! The event is actually 2 semi-autonomous [...]

Read the full article →

Eagle Fun Days: Wet And Wild Parade

June 12, 2009

Last year I took the family down to the Eagle Fun Days ‘Wet and Wild’ Parade;  What a BLAST! If you haven’t been to the parade, you need to go!  The event starts 12 noon on Saturday, June 13th. The ‘Wet and Wild Parade’ is a colossal water fight between the general public the Eagle [...]

Read the full article →

Curb It: Boise City's New Trash And Recycling Program

May 1, 2009

This summer, Boise City is recycling their old approach to trash and recycling pick-up.  Instead of having to sort recyclables into the small blue containers, you’ll now be able to throw your plastic, paper and tin into one large wheeled container. On a recent trip to Portland I was really impressed with their recycling system [...]

Read the full article →