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Design a Party Garden

Fill Your Garden With Color by Sandy Swegel Nope, a party garden isn’t a garden in which to have a party. This is a garden to make sure your parties are more fun and flavorful. It has been raining in Boulder for two solid weeks. We, fair-weather gardeners, don’t like to garden in the drizzle […]

Five Perennial vegetables you only have to plant once.

Heirloom Vegetable Seeds by Sandy Swegel Two of my personal goals this year are Less Labor and Eat More Vegetables. Perennial vegetables are a great way to meet both these goals. Plant them once and year after year you can just meander out to the yard to harvesting whenever you are hungry. Here are my […]

One more thing Bees and Humans have in common: We’re Addicted.

Bees Have Their Addictions Too by Sandy Swegel Nature magazine published a scientific study with the odd news that bees, when given a choice, prefer nectar with the neonic pesticides in them. Given a choice, even though scientists don’t think bee can smell or taste the pesticide, bees opt for neonic-treated plants or neonic-treated sugar […]