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Do You Know When to Harvest Your Vegetables?

It’s finally about time to harvest those tomatoes, squash and green beans we’ve been patiently growing all summer long .  There’s been a...

Veggies to Plant Now

Our night-time temps are cooling – and the hours of sunshine are growing less each day.   These are the right conditions to plant leafy greens,...

What’s a Garden Worth?

Even though this growing season got off to bumpy start with drenching rains and hail, the harvest is beginning.  There are some harvesting tips below...

How Hard Does Your Landscape Work?

Day in and day out our landscapes work for us.  Even though we usually think about the sweat equity we, as busy weed-pulling and lawn-mowing humans...

Know About Heat-Stressed Veggies

Now that Colorado is finally moving into the hot days of summer, be aware of how warmer temps affect edibles – especially our No. 1 homegrown...

Growing Grasses in Your Garden

While ornamental grasses first showed up as an unproven landscape trend, they have settled in as a mainstay within Colorado’s landscape. Many of...

Is Your Lawn Stressed?

We’re having a heat wave and lawns are showing the stress.  A heat-stressed lawn shows up in faded color, brown spots, footprints that don’t...

Use hardy ice plants to bring low-growing color

Colorado is fortunate to have a wide assortment of plants introduced by Denver Botanic Gardens’ Senior Curator, Panayoti Kelaidis. Among his...

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