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Book Review: One Magic Square by Lolo Houbein

  • One Magic Square
  • February 5, 2011
One of Ms. Houbein’s chapters is titled The Terrifying Importance of Growing Food and this chapter sets the tone for the book.Ms. Houbein is...
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Gardening surprises - sunchokes

I remember Christmas Eve, 2005, very distinctly. In nearly every way, it was not your typical Christmas Eve. For starters, it was a very warm...
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Urban organic gardening - table gardens

Having spent my formative years on the eastern plains of Colorado either in the large backyard at my grandparents' house or later on their even...
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Garden planning tools

I have a confession to make. I am a notorious over planter. Every year I look at the clean slate of my garden beds and I have a very stern...
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Organic gardening in spring is all about the peas

When I'm not dreaming up fresh ideas for this organic gardening column, or managing the busy schedules of my seven and nine year old sons, I spend...
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Rainwater collection now legal in parts of Colorado

Something that has long perplexed me about the state of gardening in Colorado was the fact that according to our state law, it was illegal for us...
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Earthworms: nature's plow

When I was a little girl there wasn't much I could do to stump my mother. She could run faster than me, read faster than me, and she always beat me...
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Saving seeds

There's nothing like a late March blizzard to send my spring time gardening bug back into hibernation. Last weekend while I was out cleaning up my...
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Preparing your soil for organic gardening

Spring fever has officially hit the Mile High City. We are barely halfway through the month of March and unseasonably warm temperatures throughout...
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