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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...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Ascochyta in the Lawn: A Fungus Among Us by Cynthia Cox

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Ascochyta Leaf Blight in Lawn.  Photo CSU Extension Does your lawn have dry brown spots and look like it is dying? Many lawns a...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Iron Chlorosis by Mary Small

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Do your plants have “the yellows”? I’m referring to the sickly yellow-green or bright yellow leaf color that plants sometimes develop. The p...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Keep Those Summer Blooms Coming! by Carol King and Donna Duffy

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Late June and early July are rewarding times in the garden. The results of all the hard labor in the spring are beginning to be evident: ...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Cool Garden Apps by Sheilia Canada

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Spring is settling in here in the Denver-Metro area. I know that I am encountering a lot of clients that are trying a vegetabl...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

Aphids by Bernadette Costa

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Aphids on Leaf Aphids are very common.  Sometimes called plant lice, they are small, soft-bodied, pear-shaped insects, generally less th...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Cottonwood Cotton by Carol King

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The cottonwood cotton is flying in my North Lakewood neighborhood.  There are irrigation ditches in this part of town and the trees seem t...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Smart Shopping at a Farmers' Market by D'Ann McElhinney

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Farmers' markets are one of the oldest forms of direct marketing by small farmers.   From the traditional “mercados” in the Per...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Spider Mites - Unwelcome Visitors! by Ron Dearwater

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 Two Spotted Spider Mite, photo courtesy Clemson.edu Got spider mites? Spider mites are not insects, but are arachnids which include sp...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Juniper-Hawthorn Rust by Andrew Vogt

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--> Cedar apple or Juniper Hawthorn rust It is late May or early June and, after some much-needed spring showers, your junip...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

Why Didn't my Lilacs Bloom? by Rebecca Anderson

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Lilac ( Syringa vulgaris ) blossoms are classic signs of spring. However, not all lilac shrubs bloom to their expected potential.  Som...