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My Squash is Wilting

How to Save Your Squash 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 dies. Turns out if the squash is […]

Morning Garden Meditation

Spending Time in You’re Garden by Sandy Swegel Yesterday afternoon the musical ditty stuck in my head was a new rendition of “Grandma got run over by a Reindeer.”  The music was the same but the lyrics were “I got dive bombed by a Hummingbird.”  I was minding my own business weeding a lovely rock […]

What I Learned About Peas this Year

Tips for Growing the Best Peas by Sandy Swegel Two friends each planted a pack of peas back in March and lovingly watered and tended them while I watched. One garden produced 5 glorious pounds of pea pods and made the gardener, a cook, very happy.  The other garden grew 12 spindly plants that have put out […]