Welcome to Down and Dirty with Idaho Bo and Vivacious Vic! I’m Idaho Bo, a horticulture junkie in love with plants since I was a kid, when my German-born mom schooled me in flower names and natural cures, all while I roamed wild in the 1960s SoCal fields, mountains and beaches. Forget Barbies, I was catching horned toads and frogs, picking flowers and growing plants in the backyard early on!

I earned a Horticulture degree in Cali, then hauled my know-how to Idaho, receiving a Master Gardener certification from Ada County Extension to learn how to tame this frosty dirt. I’ve worked in many plant nurseries, sculpted landscapes, and drowned neighbors in so much veggie loot, they started barricading their doors—cue my Food Safety Advisor gig, where I now can teach the masses to pickle, ferment, and pressure-can like champs.

With Vic, we’re slinging a century of plant-powered sass: organic gardening, sustainable living, and herbal alchemy —I’ve got a side hustle whipping up organic tinctures and beauty brews from herbs I grow or sustainably forage on my hikes in this wild Idaho landscape. Chickens? Check. Goats? Been there. Foraging mushrooms and berries? Oh, honey, Mother Nature’s my BFF. So buckle up, ‘cause we’re dishing up the dirt with a side smirk and a dash of love!