Survive the Heat
Help Your Plants Escape the Heat by Sandy Swegel It’s hot hot hot here in Colorado and to make it worse, smoke from the wildfires out of control has caused local authorities to issue “stay indoors” advisories. We’re all suffering, plants especially since they can’t get up and come inside away from the heat and […]
Playing with Flowers
Bring Them Inside for a Visit by Sandy Swegel Even though I don’t have a cutting garden, I love to bring flowers into the house, especially delicate fragile ones that can disappear in a formal arrangement. This morning on a walk through an abandoned lot, I saw some pretty blue flax. I snipped them and a […]
4 Things to Learn from Botanic Gardens
Finding Inspiration by Sandy Swegel I’ve been going to our local (and extraordinary) botanic gardens, The Denver Botanic Gardens, DBG, every two weeks this year. Every year I intend to go but get busy and only get there once or so. But I bought a family membership that included six tickets per visit….so now I’m […]