You can tell it's spring time around here, by how much time I spend either in the garden or at the boys' school helping with all of the end of the...
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For me, and many of the gardeners and farmers I know, everyday is Earth Day. There is a feeling of stewardship that one takes on when committing to...
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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 Colorado...
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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 larger...
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I often joke to people that I don't allow my children to come anywhere near me when I am gardening, and in fact I'm only partially joking. Gardening...
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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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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 my...
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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 to...
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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 at...
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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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