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The Indecisive Gardener

How to Make Decisions in Your Garden by Sandy Swegel Making decisions about where to plant things in the garden is one of my biggest challenges.  Hard to imagine when I spend most of my time in other people’s gardens. But because I rent, my own garden is a blank slate.  And that makes it […]

Why I Love Ice and Freezing Rain in April

Benefits of Freezing Rain by Sandy Swegel   Last week was just beautiful and a bit unseasonably warm for Colorado.  Everybody started gardening and doing spring cleanups and setting out Wall of Waters for their tomatoes. Then yesterday was a cold drizzling rain that turned to snow and then ice as temperatures dropped. And I’m […]

Why Gardeners Should Get A CSA Share

Community Supported Agriculture by Sandy Swegel   You’ve heard about CSAs by now.  Community Supported Agriculture is a system where you pay one flat rate for a weekly share of food from a local farm.  It’s a great plan that gives farmers a guaranteed basic income and gives you access to good local food.   […]