CEDAR RAPIDS – Occasional downpours put a damper on the 42nd Annual Houby Days in Czech Village, but intrepid Czechs and friends-of-Czechs made the best of the weekend’s weather. Saturday’s Houby Days Parade, sponsored by the Czech Heritage Foundation, battled through early morning showers that led to sunshine and warm temperatures later that day. Learn […]
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Ideal morel conditions lead up to Czech ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Rain and cool temperatures have given Iowans nearly a month of ideal morel mushroom weather, just in time for the Houby Days festival, from May 17-19, 2019. The annual event, in its 42nd year, celebrates all things houby — the Czech word for mushroom — along 16th Avenue SW in Czech […]
City kids sample taste of farm life at s...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Alyssa Aronson asks third graders at Kenwood Leadership Academy how many have been on a farm. A few raise their hands. Previous generations of Iowans often had relatives who farmed, but many children who spend their lives in the city, even in the Heartland, no longer have that connection to rural life. […]
Photos: plant extravaganza at Indian Cre...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The annual Spring Plant and Art Sale at the Indian Creek Nature Center grows every year. This year, more than 20 partners and vendors participated in the event, on Saturday, May 4, at the Nature Center at 5300 Otis Rd. SE. Hundreds of visitors found flowering annuals, perennials, vegetable seedlings, herbs, […]
Morel mushroom reports picking up in Iow...
Nearly a week of rainy days and below-normal temperatures have stunted the growth of many things in Iowa, but reports of morel mushroom finds are on the rise. Starting during more pleasant days in mid-April, soil temperatures in some parts of the state were warm enough for the sponge-like mushrooms to pop. Related: Czech legend […]
What survives a hard freeze?
With temperatures dipping into the 20s last night, parts of Iowa were under a hard freeze warning between April 27 and 28. Hopefully, gardeners heeded the Czech “Three Kings” warning and hadn’t yet planted peppers, tomatoes and other tender crops, but in case you missed it, keep it in mind for next year. A hard […]
Iowa’s 2019 farmers market season begins
Even as indoor farmers markets wrap up their season this month, the outdoor market season has already begun. The Millwork Night Market in Dubuque launched its season on Thursday, April 11, and for those of us whose memories of the harsh winter have been erased by the last week or so of spring, the weather […]
Photos: EcoFest 2019
CEDAR RAPIDS – The weather could not have been more picture-perfect for this year’s EcoFest, on Saturday, April 20. Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures greeted throngs of visitors who attended the free festival in and around NewBo City Market, the Cherry Building and CSPS Hall, along Third Street SE. The annual event, in honor of […]
Spring plant sales popping up in Eastern...
(UPDATED May 21, 2019, with Native Plant Sale) You know gardening season has arrived when local plant sales begin. Local sales offer a great way to jump-start your gardening efforts, with plants grown by master gardeners and others with expertise for Iowa’s conditions. Vegetable seedlings, fruits, herbs, perennials and more are sold for just a […]
One of last original NewBo City Market v...
CEDAR RAPIDS — One of the original vendors at NewBo City Market plans to move to Czech Village in June. Then called Bark & Bloom, the plant boutique opened when the market launched at 1100 Third St. SE in 2012. Related: Popular eatery leaves NewBo City Market Now known as Moss, with a second site […]