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Garden Valley Business Scene

June 11th, 2008 Categories: City of Crouch, Garden Valley Business Scene, Garden Valley Living

Garden Valley Entrepreneurial Spirit Goes Natural

Beth Church, the former owner of the very successful Green Thumb Express, and Master Gardener, had a dream. Leave it to Beth to make dreams come true. Her new business, Church’s Backyard Farm, specializes in “natural, nutritious wholesome foods, raised without the use of chemicals, hormones or antibiotics.”

We all know Beth has a well deserved reputation of doing things right. Garden Valley residents and visitors have always been able to count on great products and services when trading with Beth.

Contact Beth today and place your orders for her awesome, fresh raised, chickens, ducks, turkeys and eggs.

You can find Beth at :
208-793-2679, or
info@churchsbackyardfarm.com

Watch for Beth to open a Farmer’s Market, next to the Crouch Merc. The target date is June 1st. There you can expect to find Church’s Backyard Farm fresh produce.

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Garden Valley Business Scene

May 30th, 2008 Categories: City of Crouch, Garden Valley Business Scene, Garden Valley Living

Mountain Daisy is in Bloom

Grand Opening Celebration - June 4th

Welcome, to Crouch Idaho, Mountain Daisy salon and day spa and The Corner Barbershop.

After much anticipation the Garden Valley community is pleased to Welcome the Mountain Daisy day spa. Casey and Windy Cooke are the owners of this new Crouch business. For years there has been a lack of pampering in Garden Valley. Now Mountain Daisy offers full service spa treatments including hair, nails, massage, tanning and a barber shop. Windy says “I wanted to offer a pampering service for Garden Valley without the drive to Boise”

Mountain Daisy opened it’s doors on May 21st to a full schedule of hair cuts, hair color, manicures, pedicures, massage appointments and tanning. Windy and Casey were there to welcome their new clients. The cheery atmosphere at the spa makes for a fun and relaxing place to spend a couple of hours enjoying your favorite spa service.

Mountain Daisy also offers a full line of hair and skin care products. All products are either organic or natural. “The focus, ’says Windy, ‘ is on healthy and environmentally responsible products”.

Hours of Operation:

10:00 - 5:00
Tuesday - Saturday
After hours services by arrangement

Mountain Daisy will celebrate their Grand Opening on June 4th. Come on in and meet Diane, Kelly, Kimberly and Chris. I’ve visited the shop and I say,”Thank goodness for Mountain Daisy”

Windy has employment opportunities for licensed estheticians.

Make an appointment today, you’ll smile like a Daisy!

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Garden Valley Community Choir Concert

May 15th, 2008 Categories: City of Crouch, Garden Valley Events, Garden Valley Living

“Broadway in the Valley”

The Garden Valley Community Choir is proud to present a spring concert “Broadway in the Valley”.

Concert selections include show tunes from some of your Broadway favorites. Bring your family and friends. This event is open to the public and admission is free.

Free Family Concert
May 16th and 17th
7:00 PM
Community Hall

Co-sponsored by the Garden Valley Recreation District

Donations will be accepted to support the Community Choir

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Garden Valley Idaho Business Scene

May 9th, 2008 Categories: Garden Valley Business Scene, Garden Valley Buyers, Garden Valley Living, Garden Valley Real Estate

Taking Care of Business - 4 Legged Style

Gosh! It must be 10 or 11 years now since Dr. Keith Ruble bought the Cascade Veterinary Clinic in Cascade Idaho. The Veterinary Clinic had a small satellite office in Garden Valley. We were all thrilled to have the convenience of veterinarian service in Garden Valley. The alternative was a 45 minute drive to Cascade. The satellite office was small and offered limited services. The drive to Cascade was still necessary for surgery and x-ray or any overnight procedure.

Dr. Keith’s reputation spread through our small town very quickly (as most news does). The most difficult animals were calmed by his touch, he proved to be very knowledgeable, thorough and had a great bed side manner with the animal owners, as well. Soon, just about every local was moving their veterinary care to Dr. Keith.

As his veterinary business grew, Dr. Keith was able to build a full service veterinary clinic in Garden Valley. The building is handsome, functional and always immaculate. Dr. Keith’s staff is wonderful. They are always friendly and helpful.

Over the years, Dr. Keith has taken care of our horses, dogs, cats, birds, turtles, rats, hamsters, you name it. He’s seen sore feet, ear infections, wounds, coughs and colds and some real serious stuff, too. He has even been open to working with non-traditional pet care. Building a partnership with other care providers.

No longer just a convenience, the Garden Valley, Cascade Veterinary Clinic has become part of our lives. Dr. Keith a trusted friend and adviser.

Whether your menagerie includes pampered pets or working teams, cranky cats or fishes, Dr. Keith is the man (or should I say doc.)

You can find Dr. Keith, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at
15 Veterinary Way
Garden Valley Idaho 83622
208-462-3064

Call him at the Cascade Animal Hospital
208-382-4590

By the way, Dr. Keith has some great 2 acre lots available for sale. Clickity Click here to find out more about that.

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Garden Valley Friday Favorites

March 28th, 2008 Categories: City of Crouch, Garden Valley Buyers, Garden Valley Friday Favorites, Garden Valley Living, Garden Valley Real Estate

A VIEW OF CROUCH?

What is Crouch? Crouch is the only incorporated city in Garden Valley, Idaho. It is the hub of the community. The grocery store, library, hardware store, community center, bank, senior center, gym, Garden Valley Properties office, and many more businesses and services are located in Crouch. The annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony is held here. The 4th of July parade and fireworks are here, too. I could go on for hours. I fell in love with Crouch the first time I visited in 1980. There is even a web cam in Crouch.

Now there is land available just outside the city limits. Past the grocery store and across the bridge, just beyond the river front city park, is Brookview Lane. Almost 3 acres with a great well, standard septic permit, incredible views and level topography. All of these characteristics are difficult to find on one piece of property. Within the past couple of years the owner has planted over 50 trees and shrubs, including numerous varieties that love that Garden Valley zone.

Available now for $149,000

You’ve got to be curious now! So contact me for all the details.

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Garden Valley Friday Favorites

March 20th, 2008 Categories: City of Crouch, Garden Valley Buyers, Garden Valley Friday Favorites, Garden Valley Living, Garden Valley Real Estate

Live Next Door To Idaho Elk

This is every hunters dream property. Five, unrestricted, acres adjacent to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation land in Garden Valley Idaho. The proximity to Crouch City services and the future city park, makes it a great spot for the rest of the family, as well. This property has a wonderful building site, with views of the Middle Fork of the Payette River. The perfect combination of privacy, seclusion, great hunting and accessibility.

Available for $220,000

Find out more here, or, to see this great property contact me for a grand tour.

Would you like to learn more about the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation?
Click Here to ask be about it.

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Pep Hall Halo Youth Group Fund Raiser

February 28th, 2008 Categories: Garden Valley Events, Garden Valley Living, Garden Valley Real Estate

March 7th, Friday Night Dinner will Benefit Halo Youth Group

Come on out on Friday night, visit with neighbors, have a great meal and a movie at Pep Hall. Proceeds will benefit the St. Jude’s Youth Group mission trip to Obregon, Mexico.
The purpose of the mission trip is to help build a children’s refuge center.

Friday, March 7th
Pep Hall
Dinner 6:00 PM
Movie 8:00 PM (Facing the Giants)

The menu will be a Baked Potato and Salad Bar

Kids Under 10 $3.50
10 - Adult $7.00
Families $25.00

Please make reservations by contacting Cassie or Jake at 462-2224

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You Know You’re In Idaho When….

February 26th, 2008 Categories: Garden Valley Events, Garden Valley Living, Garden Valley Real Estate

… Fish and Game Feeds Wildlife at the Local Rifle Range

Yes! It’s true. Visiting the Garden Valley rifle range, binoculars in hand, I was able to get a really good look at the mule deer and elk coming into the Fish and Game Feeding Station.

I wondered why Idaho F&G chose such an unlikely spot to feed wild animals. About that time, Ben, our local Fish and Game officer, happened by. He shared some insight into the F&G strategy. Ben explained that it used to be the habit of the Fish and Game, local wildlife advocates and often, unsuspecting, ranchers to feed the local herds in the winter. Since elk often live to be over 15 years old, generations of animals learned that it was safe to stay in the mountains during severe weather. Certain food sources would always be available. For a variety of reasons, including road development and human encroachment, Fish and Game wildlife management thought it wise to encourage the herds to migrate away from the wintry mountains.

For the past eight years the winter feeding programs have been discontinued. More members of the wildlife herds now leave the mountains for the milder valley climate.

But if the plan has worked so well why are there feeding stations in Garden Valley this year? Ben pointed out that the feeding stations are all located on the north slopes. That is the south facing, sunny, side. The plan is to coax the wildlife to the north side of the South Fork of the Payette River, where, he explained, winter can be 6 weeks shorter. By now the animals are living entirely on what’s left of their body fat, built up before winter. After our record breaking winter, the fat reserves are running very low. Reducing their winter stress by several weeks could make a difference in the survival of some animals.

Now I know what the guy meant when he told me, “You appear to have wintered well”!

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Garden Valley Plays in A1 Tourney

February 13th, 2008 Categories: Garden Valley Events, Garden Valley Living

The Garden Valley womens basketball team competes today in the A1 State Tournament. 16 teams will vie for a slot in the finals on Saturday at the Idaho Center.