Colby Landscapes LLC

03/28/2026

2026 powerraking is in full force. Get the debris out and wake up those lawns!

03/20/2026

New Power Raker On Board! 📞 Call or Text us to get on the schedule now. Serving Idaho Falls and surrounding areas.

02/25/2026

Strawberry garden 🍓

Most people throw pallets away. Gardeners turn them into vertical berry farms that produce for years without taking any ground space.

🔧 What you need

One heat-treated pallet — look for the HT stamp, which means it was treated with heat rather than chemicals and is safe for food growing. Landscape fabric or burlap. A staple gun. Potting soil mixed with compost. And 40 bare-root or plug strawberry plants.

🏗️ How to build it

- Wrap landscape fabric tightly around the back and sides of the pallet and staple it in place.
- Leave the front slats open — that's where the plants go.
- Lay the pallet flat on the ground and fill it with soil through the top, working it down between the slats.
- Tuck a strawberry plant between each slat opening with the roots buried in the soil and the crown just above the surface.

Water deeply and keep the pallet flat on the ground for about two weeks. This gives roots time to anchor into the soil before you stand it up.

🌞 Then stand it up

Lean the pallet against a sunny fence or wall. South-facing gets the most heat and produces the sweetest berries. Prop it at a slight angle for stability. Water from the top and gravity distributes moisture down through all the plants.

🍓 Why it works

Berries hang in the air instead of sitting on wet soil — no rot and far less slug damage. Air circulates freely around the fruit, which reduces fungal disease. Runners cascade down the face of the pallet and root into empty spaces for natural propagation. One pallet replaces roughly 20 feet of traditional row planting.

🌿 Tips for the best results:

- Choose everbearing varieties like Albion or Seascape for continuous harvest from June through fall, or June-bearing varieties like Honeoye for one large concentrated harvest
- Feed with a balanced fertilizer once a month during the growing season — vertical planters drain faster and nutrients wash through more quickly
- In winter, lay the pallet flat again and cover with straw mulch to protect the crowns from freeze damage
- By year two the entire face of the pallet will be covered. By year three you'll have more strawberries than you can use

One pallet. 40 plants. Zero ground space. Berries for years. 🍓

02/25/2026

Now that winter is almost over, what spring landscaping projects do you have?

12/27/2025

White christmas came couple days late :) ❄️🎄

11/29/2025

Here comes the snow ❄️

10/31/2025

Get acquainted with the Colby Landscapes family! Some faces are familiar, some new, all family. Thank you for an outstanding 2025 summer season ☀️ see you in the snow❄️, or next year on your lawn🚜🌿

10/27/2025

Weather this week for Halloween 🎃

10/12/2025

Weather this week lots of cold weather brrrr! Winter is coming!

10/05/2025

Weather coming up !