Gorgeous gardens, amazing artwork, and cheerful plants await you on the 8th annual Loveland Garden Tour, tomorrow, June 25. Benefitting the Loveland Youth Gardeners, if you’re one of the lucky ticket holders, here’s a sneak peek at the treats in store for you: The tour has returned to downtownLoveland, winding through the cozy west side [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Loveland Garden Tour a don’t-miss event
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Colorado, Garden, gardening, Larimer County Colorado, Loveland garden tour, Loveland Youth Gardeners on June 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Gizmo makes netting fruit trees easy
Posted in Trees and shrubs, Vegetables and fruit, tagged Cherry, Fruit, Fruit tree, Garden, gardening, netbrella, netting trees, Ray Hauser on June 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Once June turns the corner toward July, one question burns in the mind of gardeners: How much is a sweet, decadent cherry pie worth? With each day the harvest grows closer, having you — and the birds — dreaming of the first tree fruit of the season. But it comes at a cost; we have [...]
Edible Schoolyard New Orleans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alice Waters, Alison Heston, Chez Panisse Foundation, Edible Schoolyard, Emeril Lagasse, gardening, Hurricane Katrina, Kelly Regan, New Orleans on June 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It didn’t look like much of a school, with the barbed wire fencing and modular classrooms crowding the yard. But FirstLine Charter Schools founders saw in it the potential to take a failing program and turn children’s lives around. But ten days after opening their doors in 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck, bringing five feet of [...]
Fireblight watch for fruit trees
Posted in Bad bugs, icky diseases, and operator error, tagged Bacteria, crop to cuisine, Dov Hirsch, Fire blight, pruning, Tree on June 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today’s post can be heard on the public radio show Crop to Cuisine, hosted by Dov Hirsch. There’s a thug lurking in your neighborhood, taking every opportunity to attack your precious tree fruit. With oozing droplets and a hoard of unwitting helpers, it moves from tree to tree, torching twigs and branches until the tree [...]
