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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Building a Backyard Bird Habitat

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This morning as my husband and I had breakfast, I heard a horrible noise from the front yard.  When I looked out the window, I saw a hawk t...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

How To Make Flowers (or a Pinwheel) Using A Soda Can | Greenopolis

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Your Thanksgiving holiday is over and your have a recycle bin full of beer and soda cans.  What to do? Hey, how about creating some great ya...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Choosing That Christmas Tree

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Yes dear gardener, it’s that time of year. Time to decide what kind of “real” tree to get for Christmas.  There are a couple of options wh...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Scientists Develop Rot-Proof Apple that Stays Fresh for 4 Months : TreeHugger

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 I saw this story and began pondering the idea of scientists turning fresh apples into "cheez whiz". It is called the RS103-130 ap...
Sunday, November 22, 2009

CSU Extension Greenhouse & Nursery Diagnostics

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Small and beginning farmers might want to participate in this grant project.  Maybe you are hoping to be a part of the new "agriburbia...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

My House Has a Terrible Hangover! by Gardener Dave

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During our last big weekend snow my house went on a kind of spree I looked up from my drive below and RAN, before IT fell on me! A mo...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Protect Your Landscape While De-icing Your Walkways by Donna Duffy

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Winter has made an appearance in Jefferson County! In addition to shoveling all that snow, many people also apply de-icing salts to make the...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Using Garden Debris for Decorations!

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Carol O'Meara, Boulder County Extension agent offers these suggestions for using items from your winter garden to decorate for the holid...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Synchronicity and Pondering Garden Wisdom

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This week, I have been experiencing what Jung calls "meaningful coincidence"  and began pondering the important differences we, as...
Monday, November 9, 2009

"Agriburbia" Sprouts on Colorado's Front Range

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Here's an interesting story about a relatively new concept in development called "agriburbia". We have some agriburban develop...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Miles Davis's Container Gardening Tips.

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Here is a very funny article "written" by famed jazz great Miles Davis.  Some very wise gardening advice given! McSweeney's...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

We Are Now Officially Into Fall: Lasagna Gardening Can Now Begin

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Because Colorado is not one of the 23 states that ban yard waste in landfills, much of our garden waste including fallen leaves and grass cl...