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Dowsing The Garden

Communicating With Your Garden by Sandy Swegel OK so this might seem a little weird.  And it’s not something I talk about with my clients. But some years ago, I realized I had studied everything there was to learn about plants.  I took the Master Gardener class, read all the best books, worked with the […]

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 […]