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Gardening

07May

5 Plants For Your Colorado Pollinator Garden

Phebe Taylor

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by Emily Cross Reeves Ready to see beneficial birds, butterflies, moths, and bees flocking to your yard? Replacing your grass with drought-tolerant plants is definitely the best place to start!

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01May

Top 10 Drought-Tolerant Plants for Colorado

Phebe Taylor

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by Emily Cross Reeves You can find these and other water-wise favorites in many of the Garden In A Box kits. Check out all of the pre-planned garden options in

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04Apr

General Guidelines on Fertilizing

Phebe Taylor

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Ask Miss Jean!   Jean Lovell, long-time Resource Central volunteer and former master gardener, tackles your gardening questions! Submit your question(s) for Miss Jean to: GardenInfo@ResourceCentral.org Q:  I never know how

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05Mar

Garden In A Box program transforms local yards into power plants

Neal Lurie

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After an unusually dry year with much of Colorado still in a drought, an innovative nonprofit is challenging  homeowners to rethink their grassy landscapes to help conserve water. Local water

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07Feb

The Scoop on Soil Testing

Phebe Taylor

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Ask Miss Jean!   Jean Lovell, long-time Resource Central volunteer and former master gardener, tackles your gardening questions! Submit your question(s) for Miss Jean to: GardenInfo@ResourceCentral.org Q:  When and how should

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03Jan

What to expect in my garden throughout the seasons

Phebe Taylor

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Ask Miss Jean!   Jean Lovell, long-time Resource Central volunteer and former master gardener, tackles your gardening questions! Submit your question(s) for Miss Jean to: GardenInfo@ResourceCentral.org Q: What can I expect

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10Dec

Gifts From You To Your Garden

Phebe Taylor

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Ask Miss Jean!   Jean Lovell, long-time Resource Central volunteer and former master gardener, tackles your gardening questions! Submit your question(s) for Miss Jean to: GardenInfo@ResourceCentral.org Gifts From You To Your

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10Oct

First Frost Alert: What should I do for my plants?

Phebe Taylor

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“Help! I just planted my Fall garden. The first freezing temperatures are approaching! What do I do?!” Stay calm! All of your Garden In A Box plants are “hardened off”.

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04Oct

Fall Maintenance & Cleanup Tips

Phebe Taylor

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We love talking about all things gardening and water conservation through landscape change! Submit your question(s) for the xeric plant enthusiasts – aka the Garden In a Box team –

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02Oct

Tales of Turf Removal: Part 3

Resource Central staff

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Beverly, a Thornton resident, decided to embark on her very first turf replacement project this year. Even though she ran into a few unforeseen challenges along the way, she is

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