Garden & Landscape
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Gardening: Get a jump on next spring’s garden right now
A few years ago, I discovered a great use for some of my leftover vegetable seeds. I was trying to…
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Gardening Q&A: What is the best plant ever?
As a Master Gardener, we often receive questions about trees, ornamental plants, diseases and a large variety of other related…
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Your cheatin' grass… will tell on you…
Cheatgrass is having a spectacular year in northern Larimer County. The extremely wet fall associated with last year’s floods led…
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Gardening: Surviving insect pest invasions
Is this the year of the aphid? Are leafhoppers and flea beetles devouring the garden? Can’t keep up with the…
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Gardening: July's “least wanted” list
We have heard of the Interpol “Most Wanted” list, featuring international gun runners, armed robbers and other similar offensive culprits.…
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Tough as nails: Plants for gardening success in the foothills
When I moved to Rist Canyon from Dallas back in December 1989, little did I know how much my gardening…
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Gardening Tips: Drought stress causing brown spots
Q: My lawn looked beautiful for several weeks this spring. Recently I’ve noticed brown streaks in the lawn that look…
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Gardening: Planting for a fall vegetable crop
So, it’s almost the end of June and it hasn’t even gotten hot yet. But even so, you’ve been enjoying…
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Musk thistle: A persistent pest
July is when you really start to notice them, those large, bright purple, prickly flowers on a tall stalk. Musk…
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Colorado is a tough place to grow anything
Log entry, June 9, 2014: Disappointment and incredulity at chilling temperatures so late in spring just made us realize that,…