On Order for 2021 The roses I’ve chosen are from David Austin Roses. The company founded in the UK, also grows in the US for sale here. While many Colorado nurseries may carry the roses, I’ve decided to try a bare-root mail order. Claire Austin: This rose will climb the back fence or just might […]
Asclepias tuberosa- common butterflyweed is an essential part of the Colorado Garden. So lovely and bright, it also is a workhorse for providing to our natural food web. I am planting this in both a sandy site and a heavy clay – two different varieties. I have seeds from Plants from Prairie Nursery
Be Inspired Get native for Colorado Design Reference Vegetable Gardening The Backyard Homestead — Claims with a 1/4 backyard you can grow 2,000 pounds of food. Guess they haven’t seen my sad little garden! Garden Design Planting – Planting plans and groupings by Piet Oudolf and Noel […]
olla: A cool terracotta watering pot that sits below ground and realeases water slowly by seeping through the whole of the pot. Olla Garden Watering Pots Below is an excerpt from www.onewintrynightollas.com • Menasha, WI Ollas are low-tech irrigation pots that were first documented in China about 2000 years ago, and many researchers […]
Silo Garden and Entry Lane Imagine a place to hang out under the shade of the trees, a silo bar offering up cold beverages while people play cornhole. This is the silo garden. To its north end lies a patio with benches and bar stools. To its south a rounded garden of wildflowers and path […]
JANUARY 15 – February 15 Will be participating in the Audubon Climate Watch Program and learning how data collection is completed for study data. Highlights: On 1 day you will do 5 minute counts of species in each of 12 grid areas that are separated by 200 yards. The following birds are in the study. […]
“The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands is part of the CRP program, a federally funded voluntary program that contracts with agricultural producers so that environmentally sensitive agricultural land is not farmed or ranched, but instead used for conservation benefits.” USDA Farm Service Agency Weld County Local Retailer : Buffalo Brand Seed CRP Grass seed contents […]
EARLY SPRING – Scarification. Line a small container with coarse sandpaper, rough side facing inward, put on the lid and vigorously shake the seeds until the coats are well scratched. APRIL – Sow cool season crops like radish and broccoli outdoors. I used a move-able cold frame to cover these crops when a late cold […]
As you live in this world you begin to know what makes for happy neighbors. For some its a natural part of life. For others, we have to work at being amongst the world. The older I get the more introverted my tendency. Luckily I have outgoing neighbors to draw me out. And over the […]
Habitat: It can be found in prairies, hillsides, roadsides, and open woodlands (Haddock, 2005). Leadplant does very well in sandy to silt-textured soils and is tolerant to weakly acidic, moderately alkaline, and to weakly saline soils. Leadplant is found in areas with little bluestem, big bluestem, switchgrass, Indian grass, prairie dropseed, and also in sand […]