2021 keeps bearing gifts with the formation of a new gardening club in my neighborhood. With so many lovely gardens, I was excited to see what wonders lie behind privacy fences. Unfortunately I missed the first day of tours. Maybe next year. Nothing is more fun than sharing your garden with friends. Like all artistic… Continue reading A new gardening club
Category: Inspiration
Cleaning up teasel in the Meadows
Cutleaf Teasel is a tall, (6-10 foot), spiky single stemmed large leafed herbaceous perennial from Europe. Its composite flowers form a sausage shaped head on long multiple stems growing from leaf nodes. Cutleaf teasel An escapee from gardens, it is now considered invasive in Colorado due to its prolific reseeding in open areas. To help… Continue reading Cleaning up teasel in the Meadows
The prairie’s color
The colors of a Colorado prairie are light and airy. The color of straw, of pink lipstick and sage.
Doubts about the Prairie
Can I maintain this? How do i get from here .. TO … Sometimes I think I just made a huge mistake. Easy to mow grass is replaced with open ground and weeds. The grass I hope to grow was mingled with the bluegrass an indistinguishable when trying to clear ground. The stone steps that… Continue reading Doubts about the Prairie
Kale salad
Ingredients Sliced kale Apple Carrots Yellow raisins Red cabbage Almond slivers Raspberry vinaigrette
The pollution soakers: Colorado natives to test
Cotoneaster franchetii plant beat all others in a Royal Horticultural Society study to determine how much car pollution a hedge formed plant removed from the air and captured within leaf materials. Leaf samples were measured for heavy metals: Zn, Cu, Pb, as well as Na. before and after being exposed to roadside traffic for 9 days without… Continue reading The pollution soakers: Colorado natives to test
Roses in the garden
Planting a rose in a Colorado garden. Roses do great in Front Range Colorado, partially due to the dryness of the air which discourages the fungal diseases you see in eastern roses like black spot. You just need to ensure you have your clays well mixed with organic matter to create space for air and… Continue reading Roses in the garden
Books for Gardening
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… Continue reading Books for Gardening
Whats an olla watering pot?
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… Continue reading Whats an olla watering pot?
2021 Plant planning homestead
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… Continue reading 2021 Plant planning homestead