The Dirt
When the Garden Stops Making Free Food!
Heirloom Vegetable Seeds by Sandy Swegel The hard freeze is upon us here in Colorado. We’re scurrying to save and process the last of the harvest. Counters are full of green tomatoes. Winter squash line the shelves of the mudroom. But fresh organic food coming in from the garden is dwindling. The time of buckets […]
Do Be Bitter
Why to Grow Your Own Bitters by Sandy Swegel One doesn’t often go to a plant lecture and find oneself roaring with laughter, but that’s what happened this month when I went to see Amy Stewart at the Denver Botanic Gardens. She is a gifted and entertaining writer and her stories about her latest book, […]
Season Extenders
Season Extenders – Protection for the Garden Here in October in zone 5, we have had a couple of snows now so it’s hard to pretend the garden season isn’t over for most of us. The daytime temperatures are still well above freezing and downright balmy in the 60s at times. But nighttime temps […]