Lack of Gardening Space got you Down?

In Colorado there seems like there is always a lot of room. But what if you are a renter or have just a small patch of soil in Colorado. What do you do about gardening? Especially vegetable gardening. We all know veggies are important and we all know they are expensive. Try growing veggies in [...]

Lavendar in the Rocky Mountains

Having problems with Flies, plant Lavendar Supposedly Lavendar orginated in the mountains of the Mediterranean. It thrives in poor soil but should have full sun. That is something we seem to have a lot of lately. It grows well in dry well drained gravel or sandy soils. It should have a acidic soil with a [...]

Unique Mountain Artistry

Kenny says, “The best time to landscape is in May and September. There is more from a beautification point of view, to landscaping than shrubs and other plantings”. Landscaping involves dirt work, grading and terracing which is needed to create retaining walls, patios, walkways, stairs and other aspects of your project. One should consider, plantings [...]

Fall Plantings

Before the snow begins to fall in late October you can still plant seeds. YES, seeds that will come up in the spring which reap the water from the winter snows.  Try spinach, mustard, radishes and some lettuces. When the temperature is above 40 degrees and the snow begins to melt they will begin to [...]

Flowering Mums

Mums are perennials that come in a lot of different colors. They can be small dwarf to a giant shrub. They do best in the sun and need a well drained soil. It is a good idea to put peat moss or compost into the soil during the spring planting. There are early and late [...]

Good and Bad Garden Bugs

Have you noted a lot of aphids lately in your garden? I have. Good bugs are lacewings (aphid lions) because they can eat as many as 1,000 aphids a day. Then there are nematodes that will take care of the grubs, and gnats. There are places online you can order these good bugs to kill [...]

The Time to Plant Spring Bulbs.

Its getting close to that time of year again when we should be thinking of planting the spring bulbs. Spring bulbs should be planted in September or October in the Evergreen area. Ideally wait until the soil temperature is below 60 degrees. Most bulbs prefer full sun for six hours in the spring and summer [...]

Landscaped beauty by the back door

Isn’t this lovely, its so nice after a hard days work to come home to a visual scene that is relaxing and beautiful. This is a house by Evergeen High School, what you are looking at is high altitude plantings with large and not so large granite boulders. The client liked it so much we [...]