An out-of-state reader requested a garden tour, so I thought I’d oblige with my first v-blog!
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr
19
Try Something New in the Vegetable Garden
The old adage “variety is the spice of life” was never more true than in the vegetable garden. If you’ve been planting the same varieties of tomatoes, bell peppers, bush beans, and lettuce for years, it’s time to try something different. I try new varieties of the old favorites (tomatoes & peppers) just about every …
Apr
13
Hardening Off Seedlings
With a month to go until Boulder County’s average last frost date, it’s time to start thinking about hardening off cool-season crops! If you have season extenders like cold frames, row covers, or Wall-o-Waters, you can even harden off a few tomatoes and peppers too. Why Harden Off? Plants are wildly adaptable, which is part …
Apr
09
Wildflowers of Early April
In 2007, I began working on my Native Plant Master (NPM) certification down in Jefferson County. We were in the process of moving to Lyons, but Boulder did not yet have a NPM program, so I hoofed it down to Morrison every Saturday for a month to begin learning about native plants. Three years later …
Apr
04
Spring = peas
This year I was expecting a wet and snowy March, so on a warm afternoon at the very beginning of March, I planted my peas and fava beans. Today, a full month later, the peas have finally sprouted! Unlike vegetables planted at a more hospitable time of year that fairly reliably germinate per package instructions, …
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