Norway spruce
Hotline for smoking vehicles
Contact the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at 303-692-3211 or email information to cdphe.smokeline@state.co.us. Please include the suspected vehicle’s license plate number and, if possible, whether it’s gasoline- or diesel-powered. This hotline is only for reporting smoking vehicles with permanent Colorado license plates and not out-of-state plates or temporary tags.
Scarlett O’Hara morning glory delights
With near daily watering the old morning glory seeds are producing nicely. Say hello to Miss O’Hara Ipomoea Nil ‘Scarlett O’Hara / Scarlet O’Hara’ Annual Vine with large heart shape emerald leaves. Deep hot pink flowers with white throats emerge mid-summer. Multiple stems grow vigorously
Back Yard Plant List
The plants I track in my Colorado garden. Zone: 5 Light: 2020 – 30% sun, 70% part-shade to deep shade. Looking out my patio I face northwest and the majority of the yard is shaded by numerous trees throughout the day. The most sunny spot is it the North-central strip of the yard where I […]
A five-year-old peach’s shape four months after a big buzz
Does this peach look right? Not the look I was going for. But perhaps from this we’ll get and even better shape for a very loose espalier. Definitely looking bushy. But underneath I might just see the fan I was hoping for. A fan can be found within what looks like a bushy tree. Below […]
Ideas for training lilacs into trees
Lilacs are native to the Southeast Europe. A plant I have loved, loved since childhood, its scent is like no other. Our first lilac grew huge in the middle of our haphazard back yard on the edge of the front range plains. It was a bright spot among the false starts, weedy grass, and scattered […]
Stratified seeds frozen then two weeks refrigerated.
In early January I froze and number of seeds to to begin the stratification process. Then I remove them and put them in the fridge. Not sure how this is going to turn out. The native plum and light blue grass I got from our from our open space show signs of mold. Today I […]
Adjusting my sprinkler heads
Hunter MP rotator adjustment using the mp tool for the lawn sprinklers. The left most side of the arc is indicated by a vertical silver piece on the shaft. Arc adjusted with the circular part and to increase you move it to the right, decrease to the left. A sprinkler’s radius is adjusted down by […]
Can the garden take a year with no monsoon and no sense?
It’s hot and dry. Though we get dark gray clouds, nothing falls. By 9 it was 85 degrees. And 2? 91. For the last two years one been prepping my dry garden for this weather. The goal? 50% reduction in area needing irrigation. My latest water bill shoes I’m making good progress. They say with […]
