It has been a beautiful spring here in Colorado, and my garden has been growing like crazy. Since my last garden post, I have planted cilantro, basil, swiss chard, summer squash, spaghetti squash, beans and black eyed peas to go with my tomatoes, potatoes, onions, peas and spinach. We also have eaten our first salad from the [...]
This weekend, we had some beautiful weather here in Colorado and my wife an I took advantage of it. In Colorado we had snow last week, so we are just getting around to doing our “last frost” plantings. It is a little later than most parts of the country, so if you are waiting to get started [...]
If you haven’t already started, it is planting season again, folks! This weekend, I put in some good hours getting my garden prepped and ready. I really enjoyed the day of hard work. It was a little windy in Boulder, but my dog Nala and I spent Saturday finishing the construction of our newest square [...]
It is almost planting time, but before you dive into the dirt, I thought I’d make some suggestions to encourage you to go an easier route than the traditional garden. In a recent post on composting, I talked about the Square Foot Gardening method (SFG), so as promised, here are some tips to get you going on your [...]
For anyone who doesn’t have time for a garden or wants to share the gift of gardening through the mail, the PostCarden is for you. Think of it as a Chia Pet postcard that will brighten up anyone’s day.
This is not a completely new idea. I’ve seen wedding programs made from plantable stationary with the [...]
We had a beautiful weekend here in Boulder, and I only hope that wherever you were was half as nice. All the sunshine started me thinking about our garden this year. I spent a lot of time in the back yard and worked on building my new “square-foot garden“. I also put my back muscles [...]