Editor's Letter
Editor's Letter: Spring 2022
Apr 13, 2022
Building a garden over time is one of the pleasures of this earth. We add new plants each year while others proliferate on their own....
Editor's Letter: Spring 2021
Mar 26, 2021
This spring really does feel like a new beginning. For one thing, with two feet of wet snow outside, what had been shaping up as an...
Editor's Letter: April 2020
Apr 1, 2020
March 23 Two weeks after I wrote the letter below, everything has changed. One by one the states where my sisters (and friends) live have...
Editor's Letter: April 2019
Apr 1, 2019
Here’s what you’ll find inside the issue. Entomologist Eric R Eaton tells you about human inventions - everything from paper to GPS...
Editor's Letter: June 2018
Jun 1, 2018
In this issue we feature several plant and plant family profiles. Amaranth, on our cover, is a nutritional powerhouse grain alternative....
Editor's Letter: Harvest 2017
Sep 1, 2017
It’s time to reap the harvest in the veggie garden. Even my scaled back garden is cranking out way more food than we can eat. My sister...
Editor's Letter: May 2017
May 1, 2017
Spring came early this year. And even though the last average spring frost date is in early to mid May for most of the Front Range, it’s...
Editor's Letter: Education Issue 2016
Aug 1, 2016
We’re constantly being reminded of the environmental degradation of our planet, but the fast, free, accessible flow of digital...
Editor's Letter: Harvest 2021
Aug 26, 2021
I’m not sure why people assume that it’s difficult to find content for a magazine like this. If anything I have the opposite problem....
Editor's Letter: Harvest 2020
Oct 1, 2020
It was easy to practice social distancing and enjoy myself at Gail Felzien’s family ranch/farm outside of Sterling last month, even in...
Editor's Letter: Harvest 2019
Oct 1, 2019
At Northern Water’s Annual Water Symposium in late May I had the opportunity to hear and meet Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s new Commissioner...
Editor's Letter: Harvest 2018
Oct 1, 2018
I really love my job. Still, after 21 years as editor/publisher I‘m yearning to cut back. Those four spring deadlines are tough. As a...
Editor's Letter: May 2018
May 1, 2018
It’s a great feeling when the May issue goes to press. The veggies are coming up, and the tulips and daffodils are still cheerful and...
Editor's Letter: Education Issue 2017
Aug 1, 2017
This year marks Colorado Gardener’s 20th anniversary. We’ve published over 100 issues for our semi-arid climate with a focus on beauty,...
Editor's Letter: April 2017
Apr 1, 2017
Whenever I teach a class or go to a gardening conference where the audience asks questions, the one that inevitably arises is: How do I...
Editor's Letter: May 2016
May 1, 2016
With all this moisture the flowering bulbs have been spectacular this year – that is, if they didn’t get smashed by snow. The species...
Editor's Letter: Late Spring 2021
May 7, 2021
Our Late Spring issue covers a particularly wide range of topics, from a simple individual science project sparked at a community garden...
Editor's Letter: May 2020
May 1, 2020
With this quarantine a lot of us suddenly have time on our hands and no place to go. That’s a really big shift. Welcome to plant...
Editor's Letter: May 2019
May 1, 2019
Ah, Spring. So far it’s a cool, moist, forgiving season. Even better, I now have a schedule that lets me spend time in the garden when it...
Editor's Letter: Education Issue 2018
Sep 1, 2018
Our Cover Hellebores are early bloomers in Colorado gardens. My dark red ones start in February and continue for months, while the...
Editor's Letter: April 2018
Apr 1, 2018
It’s always a little frustrating to be gardening virtually and vicariously instead of getting my hands in the dirt this time of year. But...
Editor's Letter: Summer 2017
Jun 1, 2017
There will be no more offhand pronouncements from me about the weather. After my comments last month – “Spring came early this year… dry...
Editor's Letter: Harvest 2016
Oct 1, 2016
I’ve enjoyed and benefitted from being a member of plant societies and gardening groups over the years and I recommend it to others. Most...
Editor's Letter: April 2016
Apr 1, 2016
It’s greening up out here on the plains west of Longmont. I’ve planted some seeds and pretty soon the asparagus will be up too. I’m...