Pumpkin Patches are Perfect for Outdoor Fall Fun
October is arriving, and it brings a chance for outdoor fun for the family. At this time in fall, we make the annual pilgrimage to pumpkin patches.
Ornamental Grasses Dazzle in Late-Summer Gardens
To everything there is a season, and right now we are in the ornamental grass season in Colorado.
Final Call for 2020 Local Colorado Produce
If you’ve been on the fence, waiting to visit the farmers market, place an online order, or patronize a farm stand, this is your final call.
Colorado Natural Disasters: Ready, Set, Evacuate
It doesn’t matter if you live in the foothills, mountains or plains or even in the middle of Denver, we need to be prepared for disasters.
Fall garden tasks
It’s hard to believe but September is upon us. Nighttime temperatures are dropping, and leaves are slowly beginning to change.
Share Garden Harvests to Help Others
Kind hearted people see need in their communities and want to help, but a handful move into action to help solve problems too great for one act to overcome. The folks at Fresh Food Connect and Boulder Food Rescue felt the pull to take action years ago to combat hunger locally and throughout the state of Colorado.
Agriculture Drought taking a toll on Colorado agriculture “in all corners of the state”
The hot, dry weather that’s fanning fires on tens of thousands of acres across Colorado is also battering the state’s agriculture industry as it stunts crops, dries up the flow of water to farms and shrivels grazing land.
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Garden Award for demonstration garden is a bright spot during tough times
By all accounts, these are trying times. So last week when the CSU Extension Boulder County Demonstration Garden received a Plant Select ™ Showcase Garden Award, it felt extra sweet.
Celebrate Colorado Proud Month with local produce
August is Colorado Proud month. Colorado farmers have been preparing this bountiful harvest of produce for us since February and now is the time to enjoy it!
A Confusion of Summer Squash Problems
Every year there is always one thing that I could depend on, and that’s a plethora of squash. But not this year.
Getting Produce from the Field to Your Table Needs Attention
How do we continue to enjoy Colorado produce in 2040? COVID-19 has highlighted for Americans that farm workers are essential.
Who is Eating My Garden?
You planted and cared for your garden but before you harvest the produce, someone else has been enjoying the fruits of your labor. In addition to insects, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, deer and elk find our gardens a great banquet.
Agriculture Local Food Crop Loss and Insurance Costs
Agricultural risk is an interesting concept to non-farmers. Imagine you are self-employed, and your business is not only highly dependent on the weather, it can be crushed by it.
Is It Too Late to Plant?
We turned to Susan Pope, a local farmer and owner of Pope Farms Produce & Garden Center in Greeley, for some late-summer gardening advice.
June is Colorado Pollinator Month
As the heat sets in and our early spring flowers fade and give way to summer blooms and vegetable gardens, you might have pollination on your mind. If not, maybe you should!
Colorado Produce Harvest is Starting. Why Should We Care?
Can you feel it? The long, warm days of summer are upon us. While not a primary produce growing state like California, our beloved Colorado delivers top tier fruits and vegetables.
Living Soil
One of the pleasures of spring is digging in the soil and that earthy smell but how much do we really know about the soil beneath our feet.
Rose Care
Our roses don’t have many problems here in Colorado compared to other places, but a few problems crop up each year for gardeners.
Plan to Conserve Water this Year
Don’t waste water. Recent downpours, in some areas of Colorado, have resulted in the Rocky Mountain Sod Growers once again stressing water conservation.
Landscaping Trends That Increase the Value of Colorado Homes
The choices you make for your yard affect your curb appeal and property value. Here are a few trends sure to increase the value of your Colorado home.
Active and Passive Rainwater Harvesting
As the gardening season gets into full swing and you’re looking at your landscape with fresh eyes, it is a great time to reassess what worked last year, what didn’t, and perhaps start trying out some new ideas. Enter, rainwater harvesting!
The Lighter Side: Spring is Here! Even a Pandemic Can’t Take Away the Joy of Gardening
Given the surreal state of our world, I cannot be more grateful that spring is here. Spring has not heard of the worldwide pandemic, sheltering in place or social distancing, and is insisting on showing up anywhere and everywhere in bunches of riotous bursts.
Food Systems and Priorities in the Time of COVID-19
Eating at home more lately? You are not alone. Consumer food demand has pivoted abruptly over the past two months during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Cheatgrass
It’s that grass whose seeds get caught in your shoes and socks when you go hiking, cheatgrass (aka. Downy brome Bromus tectorum, Japanese brome Bromus japonicus) is a winter annual List C noxious weed in Colorado.
