Gardening Centers and local producers near me

 The Co-op keeps a list of local farms that sell direct to the public

https://www.coopgasandsupply.com/

click on "Local Producers List"

All Seasons Garden and Floral

https://www.allseasonsgardenandfloral.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AllSeasonsGardenandFloral/

Greentree Naturals

website

https://www.facebook.com/GreentreeNaturals/

Ponderay Garden Center

https://www.ponderaygarden.com/about

Cedar Mountain Perennials

https://cedarmountainperennials.com/

Selkirk-Pend Oreille Food Summit

FARMERS MARKETS

Sandpoint Farmers Market

Helping the un-housed in Bonner County

this is a work in progress. 

Community Resource Envision Center

     list of emergency housing assistance

https://www.crecidaho.com/community-assistance

 Helping Hands Healing Hearts

https://helping7b.org/

https://www.facebook.com/helping7b

Bonner Homeless Transitions AKA  Blue Haven

https://bonnerhomelesstransitions.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Bonnerhomelesstransitions/

Priest River Advocates for Women, they serve Sandpoint, PR, and Spirit Lake. They don't take govt funding,all private. https://www.prmafw.org

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other resources (not for emergencies)

The Community Assistance League runs Bizarre Bazaar...upscale resale and distributes all proceeds through grant and scholarship applications back into Bonner County.

   supports Meals on Wheels

https://www.calsandpoint.org/

Habitat for Humanity has a Re-Store in Sandpoint

http://www.iphfh.org/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070398105796

Beekeeping

Friendly Beekeeping for Beginners 119k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2218791258180957/

Beekeeping Basics 324k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1254979707869481/

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LOCAL to ME

Bonner County Beekeepers Network

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949616375314325

* lots of supplies at the Co-op in Sandpoint

Herbalists without Borders

Herbalists without Borders

https://hwbglobal.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Herbalistswithoutborders/

https://www.instagram.com/herbalistswithoutborders/

https://www.youtube.com/c/HerbalistsWithoutBorders

The Inland Northwest/Spokane Chapter was established in late 2018 as a function of the Four Seasons Herbal Guild.

The Spokane Herbal Faire is our main fundraiser, all monies raised support HWB and local herbal events and classes.

https://www.fourseasonsguild.com/hwb

Native Plant Societies

 Idaho Native Plant Society

https://idahonativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/IdahoNativePlants/

https://www.instagram.com/idahonativeplantsociety/

Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society in Sandpoint, Idaho

https://www.nativeplantsociety.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NativePlantSociety/

North Idaho Native Plant Arboretum in Sandpoint, Idaho (managed by Kinnikinnick)

https://communityofgardens.si.edu/items/show/12224

Washington Native Plant Society

https://www.wnps.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WashingtonNativePlants/

https://www.instagram.com/washingtonnativeplants/?hl=en

Oregon Native Plant Society

https://www.npsoregon.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NPSOregon

Montana Native Plant Society

https://mtnativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/MTNativePlantSociety

California Native Plant Society

https://www.cnps.org/

https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaNativePlantSociety

Sandpoint Gardening

 

https://bcgardeners.org/

https://www.facebook.com/bcgardeners

University of Idaho

Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center

https://www.uidaho.edu/cals/sandpoint-organic-agriculture-center

Master Gardeners Program

https://www.uidaho.edu/extension/county/bonner/horticulture

East Bonner County Seed Library

https://ebonnerlibrary.org/seed-library/

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Beekeeping

https://deeauvilstockphotographer.blogspot.com/2024/04/beekeeping.html

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THIS IS A GROUP WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS

North Idaho Local Gardening Forum 5.9k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/896007637212716/

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 I got this idea - to encourage people to join their local gardening groups - from my niece - Amanda Dixon from Wild Moon Flower Farm And check out your local library's Seed Library!

ROOT CELLAR

 

Root Cellar in side of mountain - Bluecreek - photo by Catherine dee Auvil

Have always wanted a root cellar. I have so much to do here I don't know if I have time. Meanwhile, my house gets too hot in the summer to store food. My barn gets too cold. There is a room inside my barn and I am thinking I may be able to insulate it so it would work. I am reading:

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Root Cellars forum

https://www.facebook.com/groups/333207063687880/

A great resource is Mary's Nest. Mary Bryant Shrader has a popular YouTube channel where she cooks from scratch and preserves food with traditional techniques like canning, fermenting, and drying. I bought her cookbook:

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