My Squash is Wilting
Trying To Get Along With the Squash Bug by Sandy Swegel Eww…Yet another bug thriving this year and ruining my food. Most of us have experienced our squashes suffering from powdery mildew that coats the leaves white, but knowledgeable gardeners are perplexed here in Colorado by squash that suddenly completely wilts and die (Asana wilt). […]
Two Midsummer Tasks
Taking Care of Your Plants in the Heat July can be hot in the garden. If you’ve kept up with weeding earlier in the season, there may not be too much work outside of harvesting veggies. Two midsummer tasks are important now. Fertilize plants that have been working hard. Tomatoes….because I want lots of tomatoes and […]
Bumblebees Love Purple
The Bees Favorite Flower by Sandy Swegel I visited one of my favorite suburban lawn alternative gardens yesterday. It’s a true pollinator’s heaven of nectar and pollen, right on a neighborhood street. Full of perennial gaillardia and rudbeckia, and reseeding annual larkspur, cleome, and sunflower, the garden uses about the same amount of water as your […]