my husband is a genius

my husband is a genius

There seems to be two common questions by guests to the alley project. The first is almost always an inquiry on what we had to do to get our alley paved. A close second is where did we get the cool concrete posts for our raised beds. I have to give credit where credit...
the day KTBV channel 7 came to visit

the day KTBV channel 7 came to visit

It’s been a few big weeks for the SNOW Block Alley project. First we had this awesome story in the Idaho Statesman. The week after, the Dirt Diva mentioned us on her weekly radio show on 94.9 the River. Then on Labor Day, as we were driving back from a wedding...
north end alley now a cool place to hang out

north end alley now a cool place to hang out

When the Idaho Statesman called me for an interview about the SNOW Block alley project, I was excited. And then on the morning of August 18, my phone started blowing up at 6:00 a.m. Not only was there a great article in the paper, it was on the front page! A huge...
how our garden grows

how our garden grows

Seems like these days I’m always way behind on the posts about the alley but it’s hard to have much time to write about it when I’m still working on it! At the root of it all (pun intended) – we could’t have done our alley project without the...
the day the alley got paved

the day the alley got paved

I have clearly underestimated the excitement of fresh asphalt as the day the alley got paved, I actually took the day off of work. It’s not that I necessarily planned it that way but it was a long road in coming and I didn’t want to miss a minute. Paving...