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Thursday, October 25, 2012

BIRDS, BEES AND BUTTERFLIES… OH MY!! Attracting These Beautiful Creatures to Your Yard by Janet Merriweather

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Photo by Tina Ligon BIRDS: Be careful what you wish for when it comes to calling all birds to your yard! The type of seed ...
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...
Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fantastic Foliage Plants by Gardener Dave

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If you are considering reducing maintenance in your annual garden next year, consider having fewer flowers and adding more foliage plants....
Saturday, October 6, 2012

A Cut Above the Rest; Choosing An Arborist by Kate Sullivan-Sisneros

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Liontailing Photo by Kate Sullivan-Sisneros My neighbor to the North of us has two 30+ year old willow trees.  Recently, I watched hel...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Dual-Purposing Your Satellite Dish By Amy Norwood

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      Photo by Amy Norwood Though you can’t see them too well in this picture, there are about twenty pieces of twine tethering my Chadw...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Harvesting your Pumpkins By Joyce D’Agostino

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Rouge Vif D'Etampes ( Cucurbita maxima ) photo by Joyce D'Agostino This growing season was a challenge for most of us due to ...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Kim Bone's Garden

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If you missed the Jeffco Master Gardeners' garden tour or the Garden Conservancy Tour then you missed Kim Bone's beautiful garden.  ...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Cider Pressing and Tomato Tasting 2012 by Duane Davidson

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Tomato Tasting Table Char and Tom Gottlieb's harvest season event, making cider and tasting multiple varieties of tomatoes, cel...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Lavender Hyssop is a Great Bee Magnet by Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo by Joyce D'Agostino A few years ago, I overheard some gardeners remarking how much they enjoyed hyssop.  Since I enjoy growing...
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 ...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Golden Rain Tree Bugs by Gardener Dave

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Golden Rain Tree A  while ago Carol King wrote an informative article about box elder bugs on this blog. Well, my yard has now been “occ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Early Leaf Color is Drought Related by Mary Small

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When fall coloration appears early, like this year, it usually means plants are stressed.  Many factors can stress trees, but in 2012, the...