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Colorado Mountain Gardener: Homegrown Arugula in January!
By Lindsay Graves, Eagle County CSU Extension Grasp GardenerHomegrown arugula in January? At 6,700′? Yep! With some low tech season extension strategies, the hardiest salad greens will overwinter in a whole lot of Colorado, so that you presumably can have the benefit of tasty treats in winter and early spring harvests sooner than many gardeners…
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Colorado Mountain Gardener: The Excellent Monarch Butterfly
By Lisa Mason, Horticulture Agent, Colorado State Faculty Extension, Arapahoe County Monarch butterflies are an iconic species in america! These vivid orange and black butterflies are recognized for his or her migration in North America. How do these small creatures make the three,000-mile journey yearly? Identification Whereas the extreme orange butterflies might be laborious to…
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A Drone’s-Eye View Of My Yard
By Kathy Purdy February 26, 2022 – Posted in: New Residence, New Gardens My son has a drone digital digicam and captured these images of our dwelling and panorama in January. It’s on a regular basis good to get a particular view of the yard. I’ve numbered quite a few choices of discover and linked…
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Mud Season Pruning Chores
Pruning is the one gardening chore you’ll be able to do in mud season, because of your vegetation (and the weeds!) are nonetheless frozen throughout the ground. It’s an unbelievable excuse to get exterior and do one factor–exact gardening! The local weather could also be very unsettled all through mud season, so it’s best to…
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Oh, February
Oh, February, you tease me with faux spring. Then you definately definately throw miserable chilly, moist local weather, even snow showers, my means. Excessive-quality. Time to camp out inside the greenhouse, my blissful place I identify my halfway dwelling. Halfway between being inside on a winter’s day and outdoor on a dreamy, warmth spring day.…
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April, the Gateway to Spring
The busy season is certainly proper right here! Is it ever! So no in-depth plant dive this week. Fairly, a jolly check out all points pretty (not lower than to me) inside the yard. There’s masses going down inside the yard, plus a plant sale (additional info on the end of this publish). Okay, let’s…
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Puget Sound Yard Fling – Carhart Yard
It is overwhelming, nonetheless in one of many easiest methods doable. I am merely off of two weekends in a row visiting gardens spherical Puget Sound and the bigger Seattle area. The first was for the annual Yard Blogger’s Fling (now recognized merely as a result of the Yard Fling), the second weekend was a space…
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Puget Sound Yard Fling: Paulsen Yard
This put up is a selected cope with. Tahoma Flora (@tahomaflora), the Puyallup dwelling and yard of the nice Camille and Dirk Paulsen, was fortuitously for yard Flingers a protracted, leisurely go to. Camille, one of many fantastic volunteer planners for this yr’s Fling, is especially a superwoman. The yard, divine; the group talents, top-notch;…
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17 Early Spring Flower Perennials to Develop
Can you welcome the wonderful thing about spring with some vibrant and long-lasting flower perennials? Look no further! On this weblog submit, we’ll uncover some early spring flower perennials that may add a splash of color and pleasure to your yard. Most interesting Early Spring Flowers Spring is a season of rebirth and renewal, and…
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