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Early Spring Flowers for Pollinators

Why to Plant These Wildflower Seeds by Sandy Swegel Hungry pollinators are starting to wake up. Well, maybe not this week in Colorado if they are smart. We still have a foot of old snow on the ground, but the sun will come out later this week and I expect to see the first crocuses […]

Design Your Garden with Collages

Decorating Your Garden by Sandy Swegel The snow is still deep. Temperatures still below ten degrees. Seeds are ordered. Poppies and wildflowers were strewn on last week’s snow. Garden magazines are read. It’s starting to get hard to occupy the impatient gardener. My irritation with being bored is at about the same level as my […]

Good Bones

Winter Garden Treasures by Sandy Swegel Oh, Look. More Snow in the forecast. I’m trying to be a grateful gardener. Really, I am. I watch the weekend forecast for yet more snow and utter to myself, “Oh, it’s good. We need the moisture.” I squint to see if daffodil shoots can push their way through […]