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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Do Plants Repel Mosquitos? by Donna Duffy

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Photo courtesy cdc.gov  Ask any gardener – they will tell you that it’s a buggy year. The mosquitos seem especially ferocious this s...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Deadhead Flowers for More Blooms by Carol King

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July can be an exciting month in the garden. The results of all the hard labor in the spring are beginning to be evident: lots of blo...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Jeffco Horticulture Staff Member Utley Takes on New Challenges by Jacki Paone

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Horticulture Agent , Curtis Utley with Master Gardener Clinician, Allison Millich, present at the Joint Meeting of the Board of County C...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Psyllids Are Coming! Plant lice on Tomatoes by Patti O'Neal

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Adult Psyllids photo Michigan State University Extension Reports of sightings of this insect pest in Northern Colorado has set the al...
Sunday, July 3, 2016

Happy Fourth! Nature's Fireworks!

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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Master Gardeners in Service: Plant Select Research and Display Garden by Michele Loudis

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Delosperma (Alan's Apricot), photo courtesy Plant Select The Plant Select program is a great resource for area gardeners because...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Ridding the Garden of Mosquitoes by Carol King

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Mosquito photo cdc.gov We have had a lot of rain over the past several weeks.  While the rain is welcomed, the fallout can be an abun...
Friday, June 17, 2016

Spittlebugs in the Garden by Carol King

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Spittlebug Froth photo UC Davis While weeding near my bee balm ( Monarda ), I saw several patches of  a frothy white substance on the l...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Don't Forget to Thin Your Seedlings! by Amy Bubar

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Photo courtesy vegetable-gardening-online.com Your vegetable garden is finally in!  Now, don’t make the mistake of neglecting your labo...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Cottonwood Cotton by Carol King

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Photo CSU Extension The first wisps appeared last week.  Soon we will be sweeping up big piles of the stuff. As it warms up, it will be...
Monday, June 13, 2016

An Invasion of Flea Beetles by Donna Duffy

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Flea Beetle - photo courtesy CSU Extension I was working in the yard this morning and noticed an abundance of tiny, shiny, jumpy ins...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Native Perennials by Audrey Stokes

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Mirabilis multiflora, Desert four o'clock Governor Hickenlooper has just proclaimed June 10-16 as "Native Plant Appreciation ...