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Choosing the Right Plants for Our High Country Climate

Many gardeners are bringing new plants and fruit trees into their yards. If you are doing so, I want to share some important advice on plant selection.  Experienced gardeners in Colorado know that our high, dry, intense and inconsistent climate presents unique challenges. Here in our area, we are classified as a newly updated USDA

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Outdoors

The Power of Mulching

In last month’s article, we discussed the goodness of “no-till” and why working less by ditching the tiller might be your best move yet! However, there is one more layer (pun intended) to this methodology which is inseparable from no-till; and that is mulching. 10 years ago, I adopted deep mulching methods in my permaculture

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