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Attack of the (prize-winning) killer tomatoes!
Skillet full of yum; recipe follows Ah, tomatoes how we love them, how we fuss over them, how we crave them, plan them, nurture them, savor them and … yes, hate them, sometimes. Especially in a year...
View ArticleCold snaps and Colorado dirt dates
Despite that final feeling that always invades when I pull the last tomatoes in, the fat lady never really sings for a garden. Or rather, she sings, but then the soundtrack sort of plays in the...
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A blast of garden color — and more freebies
Rosa glauca, photograph by David Winger It’s not that brilliant, Colorado sunshine bouncing off of snow isn’t gorgeous, but if you’re like me, you’re ready to contemplate something different, and I...
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So many of your flower photos, so little time!
Thunbergia mysorensis, photo courtesy of the Denver Botanic Gardens It was standing, gaping, skipping, wandering, and strolling-room-only last Monday at the Denver Botanic Gardens’ free day. OVER FIVE...
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A balcony gardener wins the Plant Cam!
Rose at the Alameda entrance to Fairmount Cemetery. (Photo courtesy of Sara Martin) Reader Sara Martin’s rose photos knocked the contest for the TimeLapse Plant Cam outta the park. Just check out this...
View ArticleDenver, we have a winner
There’s nothing like fresh basil. But sometimes it needs a little something fresh for contrast — a little zing to cut its musky bass notes. It needs … lime. The winner of our recipe contest — and its...
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Weekend recipes: Tomato time!
[media-credit name="Elana Jefferson" align="alignleft" width="150"][/media-credit] NatureSweet Tomatoes brings its Homegrown Tomato Challenge back to Colorado this weekend. The contest for passionate...
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Finally tomato time in Colorado
Red tomatoes are seen in a garden in New Market, Va., in this Aug. 12, 2006 photo. (Dean Fosdick, The Associated Press) It’s that time of summer. A time when the heat beats on the back of your neck and...
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Good night, garden. Hello, pickles.
The last of the last: [media-credit id=156 align="alignright" width="495"][/media-credit]The last of the "Sweet 100," green, red or otherwise A friend popped by yesterday and we picked all the “Sweet...
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Good weather for a gardener’s bean recipe
Digging in is digging out. There was a two-and-a-half foot drift in my walkway, and more snow to shovel all around the corner. The snow came in from the northeast, so it scooped into my walkway and...
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