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Showing posts with label Soils Fertilizers and Soil Amendments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soils Fertilizers and Soil Amendments. Show all posts
Monday, February 18, 2019

New to Colorado? Five Gardening Tips for Success

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Photo courtesy Colorado Dept. of Tourism Welcome to Colorado!  Regardless where you came from, you are likely to find gardening in Co...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Soil Testing: CSU Extension or DIY?

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Photo by Donna Duffy One of the first recommendations that we make as master gardeners is to have your soil tested before you add any...
Monday, August 28, 2017

The Benefits of Planting a Fall Cover Crop by Jennifer Verprauskus

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Hairy Vetch cover crop, photo courtesy Urban Farmer Seeds When Fall rolls around and everyone starts to put their gardens to bed, the...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Proper Soil Drainage Helps During Monsoon Season By Joyce D’Agostino

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Gardening in the rain! Photo courtesy i.telegraph.co.uk Gardeners in the front range of Colorado often find themselves during...
Thursday, July 13, 2017

Is Plant Fertilizer Safe for Pets and Children? by Joyce D'Agostino

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Read the Fertilizer Label Carefully and Follow Directions. I recently received a call on the JeffCo Extension Master Gardener hotline f...
Saturday, March 18, 2017

Get Your Soil Test Before You Start Planting by Donna Duffy

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Most of us take our soil for granted, and don’t give too much thought about it until it’s time to plant. Even then, it’s easy t...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Help for Lawn and Garden Problems by Donna Duffy

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It’s starting to be that time of year – our yards can be a delight or a headache. Does your lawn look lousy? Are you bugged by bugs? Are ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Caution on Compost . . . Can It Be Too Much of a Good Thing? by Patti O'Neal

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Amend, amend, and amend.  It is the mantra we all chant when managing our Colorado soils.  We here at CSU are constantly recommending t...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Two Foothill Gardening Experiences in 2013 by Ed Powers

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In 2013 I started the year where I left off in 2012. In 2012 I had just moved to Evergreen from Detroit, Michigan and was able to start ...
Friday, October 12, 2012

A Case for Cover Crops and Green Manuring by Sally Berriman

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Crimson Clover and Annual Rye Photo by Peg Tillery A cover crop is simply a high number of plants, not grown for food but as plant mater...
Monday, November 28, 2011

Fertilizer Safety by Joyce D'Agostino

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I recently received a call on the Master Gardener hotline from a consumer in Jefferson County who wanted to know which fertilizer that we ...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Cover Crops by Amanda Dowdy

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Its a safe bet that those veggie plots and annual beds have worked hard this year, and even if they haven't, it may be a good idea to...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Green Manuring By Grace Olson

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    Once when I was in early high school my mother asked me to take my old Toyota pickup and drive to a local dairy farmer to buy some man...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Herbicide Carryover: From Digestive Tract to Your Garden

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Herbicide Carryover Injury Considering getting manure from your local farmer for your garden?  Dear gardener, you might want to be ca...
Monday, October 18, 2010

Put Your Garden to Bed and Tend the Soil!

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"Autumn is always bittersweet for gardeners: We celebrate the end of weeding while simultaneously mourning the end of the harvest....
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Impact of Soil on Veggie Gardening by Gardener Cumax

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Applewood Community Garden (32nd Ave. and I-70 in background) I t's been a week since the start of Fall weather, which started Sat...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Gardening Tips: Healthy Soil

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Here's a great article about building healthy soil in the Intermountain West. It's different here than in other parts of the countr...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Let the Lowly Radish Till Your Soil

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I know what you are thinking, dear gardener.  You are thinking, "I am sick of tilling the soil".  Well help is on the way:  try th...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Soil Interface by Gardener Cumax

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Years ago someone thought it would be a great idea to put down plastic mulch and then cover it with river rocks and dirt. Eventually thi...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Double Digging With a Bout of Stomach Flu by Gardener Cumax

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I got back into double digging. I needed two spots of yard dug out because I need sunny places. A huge silver maple blocks my garden for...