My advice for planting, fertilizing, and harvesting your Garlic

A fun craft you can do with the whole family! Add some flare to a plain wreath, or make a cute decoration with your kids! The possibilities with this one are endless with some creativity and planning ahead!

Don't let your plants die in our dry Colorado fall/winter season. Here's my guide of how much to water by type of plant.

Being proactive by fertilizing, bug control, and watering in the fall/winter can save you a lot of money and time instead of trying to fix the problem come springtime when you should be enjoying your lawn.

If you are new to onion planting, it’s important that you understand the different ways onions can be planted and when planting should begin.

In reality nothing should be cut down in the fall. I heard a old timer once say “If it’s fall….Leave it tall.”

Don’t wait until the last minute! 

Even though buying summer blooming bulbs every year ensures that I was buying disease free, healthy bulbs, keeping and storing the bulbs from year to year was a great way to stretch my money and add to my collection.

When I first started collecting and saving seeds, I thought it was a complicated process. Even though some parts of the process are hard or time consuming, it is really quite easy. 

My garden planted so far this November for next spring is planted with garlic, onions, lettuce, mustard, chard, peas, beans, carrots, radishes and beets. No kale…I don’t have enough bacon to make it taste good. I also have done some flowers. It feels good to be ahead of the curve.

A proactive treatment for insects and fungus, dormant sprays are best applied in November and February.

There are a few tricks to planting fall bulbs in Colorado.

Have you ever grown a pepper plant that quickly became your favorite, or you weren’t sure you would be able to find the same pepper the following year? Maybe is was a ordinary pepper that out produced any other peppers you had in your garden and were wishing to have the same production the following year?

Follow my pepper journey...

Winter protection for your roses is an investment in the future beauty of your garden. Rose collars, when used in conjunction with appropriate mulch and soil mounding, can make a significant difference in the survival and vigor of your roses during the winter months. 

During Colorado's winter, young trees can be vulnerable to a condition known as sunscald, which can harm their bark.  Learn about the importance of tree wrap as a gentle protector against sunscald and its role in nurturing tree health.