After the initial bumper crop of lettuce, zucchini and yellow squash, we are finally reaching the point of harvesting our other veggies (and sugar baby watermelons).
We have been really pleased with the tomatoes. Three of the plants have really taken off, and we’re expecting at least 100 tomatoes before the season ends. We planted Celebrity Hybrids from seed… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
The garden is thriving (for the most part) and we are anticipating a good harvest. We have already started eating the squash blossoms, zucchini and yellow squash. 
The rogue giant zucchini that always seem to hide under the leaves will be turned into bread, and the small, sweet ones have been excellent sauteed with a bit… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
I have been watching flowers grow in our front bed since late spring, convinced at first that they were peonies. As they grew, it was obvious they were not peonies, but I could not place them. They finally began to bloom last week, and they are spectacular this morning.
From the research I have done online, I… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
I am growing a vegetable garden for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the satisfaction of growing my own food. Yet, I find myself reluctant to harvest some plants because they are just too pretty to eat.
Our lettuce right now is gorgeous. Stunning. I would like to frame it and make it art… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
It has been a rough couple of weeks for our new garden. When we planted on May 15, I really didn’t expect the rain to continue as long as it did. We were socked in for days, and some of our tender seedlings paid the price.
The watermelon, zucchini and cucumber seedlings effectively drowned. We have planted new… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
In my email I have received a great offer that gardeners will love.
This one is a Groupon coupon from Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery. For $25 you get $50 worth of plants and gardening supplies. Coupon expires Nov 30, 2011.
Located at 4301 East Iliff Ave Denver CO 80222, 2 blocks east of Colorado Blvd on Iliff… Continue reading
Andrea Kalli is an Internet Marketing and Social Media Marketing Assistant. In addition, she provides support for Wordpress sites, Product Launches, Website SEO, and Video/Audio Editing. When she's not sitting in front of the computer, she spends most of her free time hanging out with her husband and puttering in the garden.
Colorado gardeners, it has been quite a season so far, hasn’t it?
As thankful as I am for the much-needed rain (let’s not even talk about the May snow), I am ready to see the springtime sun, and I am definitely ready for warmer temps.
In spite of the cold and rain, we planted our vegetables this past… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
I’m quite happy to provide this updated list of garden tours in Colorado for 2011. Last year’s list became quite a popular blog post, so it’s great to see how many people are interested in touring the wonderful private gardens that these generous people open up to the public. I was sad to find no information for a few of the… Continue reading
Andrea Kalli is an Internet Marketing and Social Media Marketing Assistant. In addition, she provides support for Wordpress sites, Product Launches, Website SEO, and Video/Audio Editing. When she's not sitting in front of the computer, she spends most of her free time hanging out with her husband and puttering in the garden.
Tomorrow, May 6, is National Public Gardens Day. Gardens across the country are opening their gates to the public, free of charge.
In Colorado, the Denver Botanic Gardens, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in the Vail Valley and The Gardens of Spring Creek in Fort Collins are participating.
The Denver Botanic Gardens annual plant sale also runs May 6 and 7.
Visit the… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
Happy May Day, everyone. In some countries, May Day is celebrated as a labor day or workers’ day, but being of Scandinavian descent, it always makes me think of flowers and maypoles. The maypole dance is regarded as a dance of fertility and rebirth, which is perfect for spring.
So, on this May Day, although it is gray and cloudy here in Denver (45 degrees; brrr), I thought… Continue reading
Amy Atwell is a Colorado native who works in corporate communications as a writer and editor. She has grown vegetables and plants in container gardens and small plots for several years and, this year, will be starting her first full-sized garden with her husband at their new home. Her blog entries will follow their progress, as well as other gardening topics.
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