Nedra and Donrey were recently featured in an article by Chad McDonald published in The News-Examiner, a publication featuring news from the Bear Lake Valley Chad McDonald wrote about his dreams of having a lovely, large garden and being willing to “risk it all” despite alkaline soil and killing frosts in order to grow his own paradise. “Fortunately, gardeners are people of generosity, who share the fruits and flowers of their labor as well as their knowledge and joy of their lifetime of experience. We share our failures as eagerly as our successes,” he wrote.
McDonald continued by sharing his experience of meeting Nedra and Donrey Secrist for the first time. With their 65+ years of combined gardening experience, the Secrists are in a good position to help local gardeners create their own private Eden. Nedra encourages gardeners to think about questions like whether they want their garden to bloom all at once or whether they prefer to enjoy color all season long. They need to think about how much time they want to spend tending the garden. They need to be patient and plant a little every year until the landscape fills in.
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