Apples Still in Prime

Don't forget about the apple orchard!

Our apples are still available and ripe for the picking. The cold weather actually makes them taste even sweeter. We don't want all these apples to go to waste. We had a great article about the orchard in last week's Scroll and that has helped to spread the word, but we, as Horticulture students, can help as well. Tell your roommates, friends, family...ANYONE that they can go pick their own apples for 50 cents a pound. They just need to go to the little yellow weigh house in the north-western area of the orchard and weigh the apples and leave money or their I-number and we can charge their account.

Donation for an Arbor

The BYU-Idaho Horticulture Department has just received a generous donation for an arbor. This will really help with the asthetics in the gardens and will be a great learning tool for us as students. This is exciting news for our students and faculty. Thank You!

The Hunt for the Christmas Tree Lane Tree

On November 18th, Kristin Wheelwright, a Horticulture major emphasizing in Floral Design, went with Morris Christensen from Outdoor Activities, and Layne Kinghorn from Service Activities to cut trees for the Christmas Tree Lane celebration on campus.

To cut the trees, they went North to the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, near Harriman State Park. On the way up, this picture was taken overlooking the Island Park Caldera to the Tetons' in the East.

This shot is taken looking over Island Park Reservoir.

After hiking uphill in, at times, knee-deep snow about 100 yards, Kristin found the tree that she wanted. Here she is with Layne scoping out the plan of attack to take down the sub-alpine fur.

With a little bit of elbow grease from Kristin, Layne, and Morris, the tree was cut, and Kristin triumphantly drug it back to the truck. "It was my first time cutting down a tree for Christmas," she said, "so I hope it works well as our Horticulture tree this year!"

Smile . . . This is for you!

This morning during her Interiorscaping class, Kimberlea Edwards, a Horticulture major emphasizing in Production, found a surprise in the Jungle Greenhouse:

In the banana plant, there was a ceramic banana hidden, to be found by some lucky person with an observant eye.

Congrats to Kimberlea for finding the little treasure, and to whomever left it, thanks for the fun!