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Thursday, September 29, 2011

How Hot Is Hot: The Bhut Jolokia AKA the Ghost Chili by Jim Rohling

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The Bhut Jolokia chili originates from Nagaland and Assam in northeastern India and was named by the Naga people after the most venomous s...
Monday, September 26, 2011

A Word on Hypertufa by Judy Huckaby

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When a hypertufa class was offered through the Jefferson County Master Gardener program, I immediately signed up to become an instructor. ...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Wintering-Over Mandevilla Vines by Gardener Dave

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Have you ever tried to winter-over a Mandevilla vine  ( Mandevilla spp. ) indoors?  I am trying it this year and would like to pass on in...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

What to Do With Green Tomatoes by Carol King

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Lakewood Gardener, Jose Lara with his bounty of vegetables! Photo by Diana Roca. This is the time of year when gardeners have a plethor...
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...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Grass is Greener by Gail Wilson

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..Or at least I certainly hope so!  I decided in 2010 that it was time to do some thing with my lawn.  I had only owned the property for 1...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Autumn Beauty for Your Garden By Joyce D’Agostino

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For those of us who garden in the Front Range, it seems we find that our growing season is just not long enough. Our late and early frosts o...
Friday, September 9, 2011

High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants; Book Review by Liz Swiech

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Nold, Robert.  High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants . Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2008. Okay, whoever put the hold on ...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Successfully Growing Tomatillos by Elizabeth Buckingham

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As a professional chef and an avid gardener, I am always interested in trying new vegetables in my garden. Each growing season I set...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Dealing with Disappointment – Garden Style by Sue Bloomquist

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This summer has been a time of great success . . and great disappointment.  The joys have included my first attempt to raise LOTS of seedlin...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

The Joys of the Common Colorado High Country Gardener by Nancy R White

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The summer gardening season is winding down.  As each year passes, I find that I learn new things and once again this year is no exception. ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

2011 Master Gardener Garden Tour: Home Grown by Georgina Kokinda

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Photo by Janet Shangraw It was the last day of July, a perfect commonly sunny summer day with temperatures hovering close to the centu...