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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Sweet Potatoes, Yams, and other Thanksgiving plants by Vicky Spelman

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Courtesy Iowa State University Are sweet potatoes and yams the same thing?  No, sweet potatoes and yams are different plants.  
Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Soldiers Gardening During Wartime by Nancy Shepard

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  Ukrainian soldier planting potatoes in a trench in the 2022 war zone. Photo:  Pravda Gerashenko  This Friday, November 11 th , is Veteran’...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Leave Ornamental Grasses Alone Until Spring by Nancy Shepard

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  Ruby Muhly Photo: Plant Select As we see plants in our garden die off, some of us might have the urge to tidy everything up. One of the pl...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Dying, off-color pine needles normal in autumn by Colorado State Forest Service

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Courtesy of Colorado State Forest Service Although thousands of evergreen trees in Colorado’s high country, foothills and communities are be...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Protecting your Pumpkin Masterpieces by Vicky Spelman

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Pexels Getting ready to carve your pumpkins?  Here are some tips to help your pumpkin masterpieces last for Halloween or your special event....
Thursday, October 13, 2022

Fall Maintenance of Garden Tools

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  Photo: Pexels: Buntysmum While making plans to build a garden shed and taking inventory of what we want to put into it, I realized that in...
Friday, October 7, 2022

Introducing New Staff Members by Vicky Spelman

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We would like to introduce two of our new staff members.  Hania Oleszak Please welcome Hania Oleszak as our new CSU Extension Agent for Hort...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Garden Successes and Failures by Sue Zirbes

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Photo:  Sue Zirbes We asked our Master Gardeners to share what successes and failures they’ve experienced in their gardens this year....
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Garden Successes and Failures by Sally Blanchard

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Scarlet Runner Beans Baker Creek Seeds We asked our Master Gardeners to share what successes and failures they’ve experienced in their garde...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Extending Your Tomatoes at the End of the Season

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Photo taken October 25, 2014 by E.J. Bennet We’ve had several Master Gardeners in the past few years give us tips on extending and preservin...
Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Time to Divide Your Iris by Vicky Spelman

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Photo:  Pixabay It’s hard to beat Iris in your landscape with the numerous species and cultivars in almost every shade of color imaginable. ...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Growing Your “Third Season” Crops By Joyce D’Agostino

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Leafy Greens Photo: Colorado State University By now, many gardeners are enjoying the bounty of their warm season vegetables such as tomatoe...