Sweet, Black Canyon Dam, and Emmett

If you are a novice vegetable gardener, plant in rows. I planted my seedlings and some more seeds in the random way that someone suggested. Some of the seeds are coming up, I think, is that a vegetable or a weed? I will have to wait until they get bigger to tell. For two weeks we had all four seasons, spring, winter, spring, fall, now we are back to really having spring and all the plants are taking off. (The bit of fall was a day with that crisp fall cool air.)

Last mother's day was hot and hazy, so not a great picture taking day. And those darn horses, none of them came to the fence to look at me, but I did not see them doing anything but graze. This is just outside of Horseshoe Bend off the 52,

Then I took a side trip north to Sweet,

Back off of the 52 on the way to Emmett is the Black Canyon Dam,

The water in the dams is so high that they are letting some out, even though it is causing the rivers to rise above flood levels. The Boise River is so high that most of the underpasses on my greenbelt walk are closed.

This is Emmett,

Two farms for sale in Emmett,

The second farm was for sale, overgrown, and obviously deserted, so I walked around and pretended what I would do if it was mine. It is 26 acres, which doesn't look like much, especially when it is surrounded by bigger farms.
This is the backyard view and what looks like a well,

Roeann's is closed on Sunday, so I will have to go back for a burger,

Nice of that kid to ride by at exact right moment, gives that picture a small town feel.

On the way out of Emmett is a memorial to the people that died on September 11, 2001. On one side is a historical marker about the town of Pearl, just outside of Emmett, and on the other is a marker about the farmers in Emmett driving out the Pickett Corral gang,

"In 1862, Tim Goodale opened an Oregon Trail cutoff which descended into the valley below.
Later that year a gold rush to Boise Basin came up Payette valley, and the next summer farmers along the river started raising crops to supply the mines. For a year or more they were troubled by a notorious band of horse thieves based at Pickett's Corral located at the head of the Valley before you. Late in 1864 the farmers organized the Payette Vigilance Committee and drove out the Pickett Corral gang."

That marker is about gold, but did you know almost 45 per cent of all silver mined in the United States comes from Idaho? Maybe I should look for a mining claim instead of a farm.