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Mountain Gardening

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Mountain Gardening · 5d ago

Gardening for the Soul……….

I must admit that I love gardening.  It feeds a part of me that nothing else can.  It feels good to be outside, sunshine on my face, working the soil.  Planting little seeds or transplants that will transform into these marvelous plants that produce food to feed us.  And today, I finally was able to
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Mountain Gardening · 3W ago

Hooray, Hooray, It’s The First of May…….

……….well, almost the first of May, but who’s counting?  The days have been pretty warm for this neck o’ the woods and the garden is starting to show its colors.  The garden got a perfunctory going over yesterday afternoon.  The daffodils by the greenhouse are blooming as are the daffodils in the per
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Mountain Gardening · 1M ago

March 31, 2012

Spring is here, perhaps a little early for our area.  Today the temperature climbed into the 60′s.  This is very unusual for this time of year at this elevation.  The Homeowner’s Association where we live has already instituted a fire ban for the entire Association, and may not lift it until next fa
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Mountain Gardening · 2M ago

Observations

Yeah!  The snow has finally melted from the garden (for the time being…….I have to remember this is only the middle of March and we still have about two and a half more months of winter left).  Today was the perfect opportunity to get out and see if anything is happening.  There is always hope [...]
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Mountain Gardening · 4M ago

It’s January!

It’s that time of year again to start drooling over the seed catalogs.  Currently on my desk, there are only 14 of the new seed and plant catalogs, but I will probably receive a few more before the planting season starts.  It’s still winter up here and we probably won’t see spring until mid-May if w
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Mountain Gardening · 5M ago

2011 Lessons Learned

The fall planting of alliums is done.  The 24 rows of 7 varieties of garlic, perennial onions and shallots were in the ground and mulched before the snow started to fly and now that the snow cover is most likely permanent for the rest of the winter, they should be in good shape to sprout [...]
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Mountain Gardening · 7M ago

Just In Time…………

Given that the weather forecast for this weekend is calling for snow above 9000 ft and the garden is at 8600 ft, there is a good possibility there will be some form of precipitation this weekend.  And, even though it’s nice to be able to use the fireplace again, getting out into the garden is a chal
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Mountain Gardening · 8M ago

Fall Clean-up

Here at our elevation, it is quickly becoming fall.  The aspen are starting to turn, night temperatures are consistently in the 30′s now, with a few dips into the 20′s.  Daytime temps are in the 50′s and 60′s (all temps in Farenheit) so it is still nice, but not warm enough to grow many more [...]
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Mountain Gardening · 8M ago

Labor Day Weekend 2011

Given that the temperatures at our elevation dipped into the 20′s on Saturday night, it seems that the garden needs winterproofing.  The tomatoes, peppers and tomatillos that are outside in the walls o’ water got their tops toasted.  I’m leaving the toasted foliage on the plants to help protect the 
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Mountain Gardening · 8M ago

Critters!

One cannot really stay out of the garden for very long.  I went to a conference, was gone for about two weeks and during those two weeks, some sort of critter (or critters) had discovered my potato patch, which I realized when I returned and got back to my garden.  Mind you, the damage didn’t look l
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