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Showing posts with label Elaine Lockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elaine Lockey. Show all posts
Friday, February 26, 2021

Black Oil Sunflower Seed – preferred by birds everywhere by Elaine Lockey

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With almost a foot of snow descending from the skies at my house in the foothills, I worry about the wild critters who are scrounging...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Snowflake Wonder by Elaine Lockey, former Jeffco Master Gardener

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http://weather.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/01/the_snowflake.php If you get caught outside finishing up gardening tasks when it begins to s...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Spiders Paired with Unlikely Partner to Make Silk by Elaine Lockey

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Spiders use their silk for building webs to catch prey, as a safety or drag line if they are spiders that roam, spider "dens...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Carbon Farming with Jatropha by Elaine Lockey

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photo courtesy of http://research.ifas.ufl.edu There has been much recent press about the desert shrub Jatropha curcas and it's...
Friday, November 8, 2013

Book Review: 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants by Elaine Lockey

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In my search for plant ideas to help in my heavily deer-foraged garden, I came across the book 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Pla...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Peaches on the Grill by Elaine Lockey

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photo courtesy of chasingdelicious.com Grilled Balsamic Peaches Yes, you read it right: grilled peaches. The sweet and tangy comb...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Hummingbird Moths Worth a Closer Look by Elaine Lockey

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photo by Elaine Lockey While eating dinner recently on a restaurant’s outdoor patio, I noticed something flying around the potted pla...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Mulch-Moving Turkeys by Elaine Lockey

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As if deer weren’t enough of a struggle for mountain gardeners, throw in some mulch-moving turkeys!  Turkey surveying her handiwork ...
Monday, April 9, 2012

New Online Gardening Resource from the Denver Botanic Gardens

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Prunus padus 'Albertii' can be seen on the Cherry Blossom Blitz tour The Denver Botanic Gardens is bringing gardeners an ex...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Pasque Flower Signals that Spring is Here by Elaine Lockey

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Spring arrives officially today, March 20, the vernal equinox.  By now you’ve probably been wandering around your garden looking for ...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

It’s Time to Prune Your Summer Flowering Shrubs by Elaine Lockey

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Rejuvenation pruning on an older Potentilla. The one on the left needs similar work. Get out your pruners and loppers - it's time...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Wicked Bugs!

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Join Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Bugs , in a lively video as she highlights insects, like the mosquito, that have changed the world (and k...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

And the 2012 Academy Award Winner is...by Elaine Lockey

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http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/Raff.arn.page.html Don’t you wish there was a category at the Academy Awards for best b...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Supertrees of Singapore by Elaine Lockey

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photo by Wong Maye-E, AP  Singapore is currently constructing an astonishing botanic park, integrating massive tree sculptures in with ...
Sunday, December 18, 2011

Real Christmas Tree Industry Needled by Growing Artificial Tree Sales by Elaine Lockey

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Christmas tree farm There has been a downward trend in real Christmas tree sales in the US, from 40% of homes purchasing one in 1991 to j...
Friday, December 16, 2011

The Science Behind Your Christmas Tree by Elaine Lockey

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photo courtesy of SeattleTimes.nwsource.com Going to pick out a Christmas tree is always an exciting holiday tradition.  It’s one my f...
Friday, November 11, 2011

Aconitum - A Plant with a Dark Side

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“Even those who are pure of heart, and say their prayers at night, can become a wolf, when the wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is brig...
Monday, August 8, 2011

Violets and Ground Ivy in the Lawn by Elaine Lockey

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Common blue violet  Is it a flower or a weed?  Well that answer is truly in the eye of the beholder. The common blue violet, Viola specie...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Espalier: The Art of Plant Training by Elaine Lockey

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Espalier at Denver Botanic Gardens Espalier, pronounced esp-al-ee-er or esp-al-ee-ay , is the practice of training and pruning a p...
Friday, June 10, 2011

The Seed Cathedral by Elaine Lockey

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photo by Heatherwick Studio In case you missed it, art and horticulture combined for an amazing exhibit last year. Called the Seed Cathed...