Fine Addition to Your Garden

Thinking about what I was going to grow in the vegetable garden this year got me to thinking about one of my favorite vegetables.  This delectable vegetable which my family and I relish so much is Kolhrabi (German Turnip).  I found from talking to other gardeners that kolhrabi is not that well known or enjoyed.  [...]

I Have Been Lazy

I know I have been lazy about writing my next blog, but I have been consumed drooling over all my new gardening magazines.  Now you can’t blame me for that can you?  I am sure a lot of you other gardeners are doing the  same thing.  Those magazines give you fantasies of your new and [...]

The Economic Affect on Garden Shows

I love going to garden shows this time of year, because there is not much else to do.  It is too early to start my plants and too cold to do any digging.  I look forward to them to get new ideas for my garden and see what new plants are on the market.  Yesterday [...]

Keeping Cats out of your Garden Beds

Three Leaf Sumac

 
It is a wonderful day here in Colorado so I thought I would see what I could do in my garden.  I found the ideal thing to do today.  I remembered last winter when we received a  lot of wet snow it made the branches on my Three Leaf Sumac really bend over.  [...]

Winter has arrived in Colorado Springs

Today I awoke to four inches of snow on the ground here in Colorado Springs.  After getting over the initial shock, my thoughts went to my garden and how this lovely blanket of fresh snow is such a blessing.  December is normally not a wet month here in Colorado so we will take any amount [...]

Colorado Newcomers and Gardening

I have lived in Colorado for 16 years but I still remember the first year I tried to garden here.  Plants I thought would grow here shriveled up and died, frost killed my first bunch of vegetable transplants and the wind blew away my tall tulips.  Welcome to Colorado my neighbors told me.  Here you have [...]

Happy New Year from Colorado

I know a lot of you are asking where did 2008 go?  Hopefully, to all you gardeners it was spent enjoying your flowers, vegetables and whatever tickles your fancy.  Didn’t do anything exciting tonight, went to a movie and then dinner afterwards.  I guess my big party days are long gone.  Just wanted to wish [...]