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Monday, September 16, 2013

Five Reasons to Become a Colorado Master Gardener by Patti O'Neal

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The Colorado Master Gardener Program in Jefferson County is accepting applications for the 2014 Apprentice Class and the Colorado Gardener C...
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...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Plant Spring Blooming Bulbs in September and October by Carol King

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Fritillaria meleagris photo courtesy davesgarden.com Have you ordered your spring booming bulbs yet? This is the time to do so. I know...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Pamper your Pollinators! By Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo by Joyce D'Agostino We have all hear d the news reports about how the honeybee is threatened and has dwindling populatio...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

Mid-Summer Leaf Drop by Mary Small

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Tree owners and those responsible for maintaining trees often observe leaf drop occurring in mid-summer. Sometimes the number of leaves fa...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Harvesting Fall Squash By Joyce D’Agostino

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Photo by Joyce D'Agostino It goes without saying that Colorado gardeners find that squash is one of the easiest garden vegetables ...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Be Careful with Insecticides in Your Garden by Cynthia Cox

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Bumble Bee photo courtesy Whitney Cranshaw You think your flowers are getting buggy, so out comes the insecticide. Beware, you may be ha...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Impatiens Downy Mildew; New Disease to Colorado by Mary Small

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Photo courtesy Purdue.edu   Two Plant Diagnostic Clinics in Colorado have recently received samples of impatiens downy mildew. This was...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Best Garden Tool! by Donna Duffy

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When I retired several years ago, a fellow gardener gave me a Hori Hori knife as a retirement gift. It’s one of the best gifts I’ve ev...
Monday, August 5, 2013

The Aster Yellows Blues by Carol King

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My latest indignity in the garden, (does it never end) is what appears to be a case of aster yellows in a cone flower, Echinacea purpurea ....
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Herbicide Carry-over Damage by Mary Small

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Damage on Ash leaves at the Jeffco Fairgrounds When I worked in an extension office in another state, a few gardeners reported ...
Sunday, July 28, 2013

Fresh Summer Pesto By Chef Elizabeth Buckingham

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Basil Photo by Elizabeth Buckingham The current abundance of basil (even in our painfully dry climate!) makes fresh pesto a quintessen...