Veggies to Plant Now
September 04, 2015 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, root crops and tender herbs for fall...
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What’s a Garden Worth?
September 04, 2015 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 – but before you go there, take...
How Hard Does Your Landscape Work?
September 04, 2015 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 invest in them, our landscapes do labor...
Is Your Lawn Stressed?
September 04, 2015 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 spring back after you walk across...
Know About Heat-Stressed Veggies
September 04, 2015
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 crop, tomatoes. While we often...
Use hardy ice plants to bring low-growing color
June 03, 2015 Colorado is fortunate to have a wide assortment of plants introduced by Denver Botanic Gardens’ Senior Curator, Panayoti Kelaidis.
Among his finds are South African ice plants...
Dealing with rain
May 27, 2015 Because of extended rains, most planting beds are full of mud, muk and yuk. Even if you are willing to take a shovel to these super-saturated soils, is it worth the effort?
The short...
Great Gift Ideas
May 17, 2015 #1 – Grafted tomatoes
While they have been available for a couple of years, gardeners are just becoming aware of these tomatoes. Their benefits are that they are more vigorous,...
Giving Your Lawn Tough Love?
April 24, 2015 In the spring, don’t spoil
your lawn
In the spring, don’t spoil your lawn.
Kids who are spoiled keep asking for more. And turf grass that is spoiled by over-watering will also...
Winning The War on Weeds
April 13, 2015 Now there’s warm weather and suddenly, it’s dandelion season. They are blooming their yellow heads off, bind weed is winding its way around the garden and thistle, mallow and...
Reducing Landfill Waste
March 30, 2015 Reducing landfill waste
This year, the Scott paper company introduced its no-tube toilet paper product. The full-page ads that launched this product announced that each year 17 billion TP...
Getting the Veggie Season Off the Ground
March 23, 2015 Growing your own veggies that can go from the garden to the table in a matter of minutes is not a fad but a solid trend. Even restaurants are establishing their own gardens to give their...