One of my sisters often refers to living and thriving in this valley of ours as, “Living in South Siberia.” This is an incredibly harsh, cold, windy, and dry environment. Growing most types of trees and bushes here is often analogous to climbing Mt. Everest with a trusty pair of rusted roller skates attached to your feet.
Summers are short, so we need to take full advantage of this brief, and all t…
