For those who don't know, Telluride, CO is one of the most active and environmentally aware communities in the U.S. Not only do they host countless festivals, like the Telluride Film Festival, MountainFilm Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, but they have a weekly farmer's market that brings out the best of the town.
My husband and I wandered through on Friday morning when the sun was shining and the mountain was clearly in view.
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A curious question came in this week to Ask Gardenerd:
Getting your fall garden underway is all about timing. If you live in a warmer climate you can plant a garden now and enjoy a harvest all winter long.
Once you arrive in Telluride, there is little need for a car, which makes for great sight-seeing on foot. When I was last here in spring, the flowers were just starting to get going and there was still snow on the mountains. Now the gardens are in full bloom and everyone is making the most of their gardening space. While I haven't seen too many vegetable gardens, I have been charmed by the plenitude of cuteness in every corner. I thought I'd share some photos from this beautiful mountain town:
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A student recently sent me an article when they saw my post on mulching our entire back yard with free city mulch. The article has a really interesting take on the idea of mulching and how it effects bees and I felt that it would be important to share it with you.
As a preface, I'll say that I don't generally mulch my growing space in my garden, only the pathways, simply because we have a real problem with sow bugs here and they thrive in mulch. I don't use black plastic as mulch either since I don't ...
A great question came in this week to Ask Gardenerd:
"My garden soil has this yucky whitish hue to it. I am assuming it is a
type of mold (I do think I have been overwatering). When I took it out
of the bags (10 bags)a few months ago, it did have a few "moldy"
looking spots (I took back some of the bags but they told me it was
"normal"). Is there any way I can salvage this soil?"
I understand your concern, but the folks at the nursery are correct. The mold in your soil is totally normal. Most good ...
Gardenerd.com was featured on Your Daily Thread this week. Tracy Hepler of YDT came to visit the Gardenerd test garden and sat down to interview me last week It was great to share with her all the great things coming up in the world of gardening.
For those who don't know, Your Daily Thread is LA's Neighborhood Guide to Conscious Living. You can get a daily dose of what's green in LA and find out about upcoming green events throughout the city. Here is the article featured on YDT:
It's hot as Hades and fires are burning everywhere. The last thing on my mind is to fire up the oven to make dinner.
Use your space wisely and get more out of your garden. Learn about this terrific method of bio-intensive gardening that will make the most of your vegetable patch.
It's sort of mean that we can't grow salad greens in the summer here in So Cal. It's too hot and they bolt to seed so quickly. I've tried growing lettuces under shade cloth and that helps a lot, but it's nowhere near as delicious as fall-grown salad greens. One way to combat the heat is to grow slow-bolt or heat tolerant varieties. Another is to try something completely different.
Enter Orach Mountain Spinach.
I know I've talked about this fantastic green before, but I'm going to expound on the wonders of Orach again because this year was particularly ...
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