Tips on preserving your poinsettias, Christmas cacti and other holiday greenery
When entering a garden center or grocery store this time of year, there's more green, white and red staring you in the face than at an Italian flag factory.
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Here’s why cranberries are more than just a Thanksgiving side dish
Today, five states grow the most cranberries: Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington.
Here’s how to put your Colorado garden to bed for the winter
Mid to late fall is a great time to directly seed outdoors native wildflowers, ornamental grasses and certain perennials that require outdoor cold temperatures and moisture.
Fall colors: Here’s the science behind the reds, golds and oranges
Reach back and recall your grade-school days and the simple science behind deciduous tree leaves changing color every fall.
Here’s how to plant a tulip garden — and keep the squirrels away
My new tested "out squirrel them" system of planting a spring tulip-cutting garden has worked out well over recent seasons.
Gardening: How to preserve your late-summer harvest in Colorado
Even though summer heat is slowly fading, we won’t easily forget this past spring and summer, which brought abundant moisture along with hail, tornadoes and plant havoc. The good news...
Prepare for fall in Colorado with your August garden to-do list
The long month of August is the perfect time to focus on keeping the garden in tip-top shape heading into fall, one of the best seasons of the year in...
There is hope in the battle against Japanese beetles in Colorado
Anyone who has battled Japanese beetles to prevent plant carnage knows the amount of work and dollars it takes to manage them every summer.
How to grow your own garlic — and why it matters
The word is out about homegrown garlic. And the word is flavor.
To conserve gardening resources, utilize Colorado native plants at home
Can we ever truly go back to the original Colorado landscape before settlers arrived and built thriving cities of green spaces filled with water-thirsty grass, trees, shrubs, and flowers that...