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A Valentine’s Day Gift for the Bees

Bee Love by Sandy Swegel Nothing like Valentine’s Day to make us think about who and what we love. If we look at the huge number of Facebook “likes” we get when Mike posts about bees or wildflowers, we know our followers have a special love for wildflowers and for the bees and other pollinators […]

Lessons from an Orchid Show

Indoor and Outdoor Gardening Ideas by Sandy Swegel Seeking solace from Winter and brown landscapes, I headed to the Denver Botanic Gardens yesterday. They have turned all their indoor spaces into a grand orchid show with orchids in the conservatory, orchids in hallways, and orchids tucked into every nook and cranny. A perfect winter escape. […]

Three Ways to Hurry Spring Along

How to Quickly Prepare for Spring by Sandy Swegel Even in snowy Colorado, signs of Spring are showing up. The landscape is mostly brown, but on the warm side of rocks, weeds are greening up. Who knew how happy I could get watching a weed grow! Wednesday we had five inches of snow and Thursday […]