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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Saving Soil When Planting Large Planters by Caroline Reardon

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Magnificent plant pots abound, from the local discount store to upscale greenhouses. Terra cotta, glazed, even plastic that looks like potte...
Monday, June 27, 2011

What's Blooming in Your Garden? by Carol King

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Here's what's blooming in my garden! What's blooming in yours? Email me your pictures at jeffcogardener@gmail.com and I'll ...
Saturday, June 25, 2011

Tomato Problems? Try Flea Beetles! by Stan Ames

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Do some of the leaves on your tomato plants have holes in the lower outside leaves and the leaves are turning yellow? What should you do? ...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Belmar Farmers' Market by Grace Olson

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The Farmers’ Market season crept into Jefferson County like a late spring, and is now suddenly in full bloom.  From Evergreen to Lakewood, t...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

Why Aren't My Iris Blooming by Stan Ames

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While manning the Master Gardener booth at the Golden Farmer’s Market last Saturday a woman asked me why her Iris do not all bloom. I thou...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Cactus Garden Tour by Kim Bone

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Every year in early June the cactus arboretum at Timberline Gardens explodes into blossom. The dozens of cacti species put all their energ...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Straw Bales Garden by Duane Davidson

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(Click on Image for Slide Show of Process) The idea came from an article in a gardening magazine. I was already changing the way I garden...
Friday, June 10, 2011

The Seed Cathedral by Elaine Lockey

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photo by Heatherwick Studio In case you missed it, art and horticulture combined for an amazing exhibit last year. Called the Seed Cathed...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Corn,Beans, and Squash in the White House garden

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Evan Vucci I am always interested to see what the latest "goings on"  in the White House garden are. Last week, Michelle Obama ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Annual Miller Moth Migration from the Denver Post

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The annual migration of miller moths from the Eastern Plains to the mountains is in full swing, confounding house cats and annoying human...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

My Poor Beloved Currant Bush by Nancy Szilagyi

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I love my Black Currant bush ( Ribes odoratum ‘Crandall’ )!  I have had it for eight years, and I have reaped several abundant harvests.  ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

British Parakeet Explosion: a Gardener's Concern? by Carol King

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I was reading an article about the rose-ringed parakeet which is taking over parts of Britian.  The parakeets escaped or were intentionally ...