Editor's Letter

SEPTEMBER 2023 NEWS Hello Colorado Gardener Readers, It’s amazing to see how green it is here at this usually brown & dusty time of year....

Longing for color the other day, I went to my local garden center, The Flower Bin in Longmont. I was expecting to see Christmas cacti in...

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....

It was easy to practice social distancing and enjoy myself at Gail Felzien’s family ranch/farm outside of Sterling last month, even in...

At Northern Water’s Annual Water Symposium in late May I had the opportunity to hear and meet Kate Greenberg, Colorado’s new Commissioner...

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...

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...

This year marks Colorado Gardener’s 20th anniversary. We’ve published over 100 issues for our semi-arid climate with a focus on beauty,...

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...

With all this moisture the flowering bulbs have been spectacular this year – that is, if they didn’t get smashed by snow. The species...

It’s been a good long run—27 years. When my plant-loving mother died in 1996 she left me enough cash to pay the first three printing...

If you’ve been wanting to tear out your lawn and replace it with water-wise landscaping, the time has come. You already know about our...

Our Late Spring issue covers a particularly wide range of topics, from a simple individual science project sparked at a community garden...

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...

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...

Our Cover Hellebores are early bloomers in Colorado gardens. My dark red ones start in February and continue for months, while the...

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...

There will be no more offhand pronouncements from me about the weather. After my comments last month – “Spring came early this year… dry...

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...

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...

Has Spring arrived? Hopefully, by the time you’re reading this Spring – not Summer – will finally be here. March certainly didn’t go out...

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....

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...

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...

Here’s what you’ll find inside the issue. Entomologist Eric R Eaton tells you about human inventions - everything from paper to GPS...

In this issue we feature several plant and plant family profiles. Amaranth, on our cover, is a nutritional powerhouse grain alternative....

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...

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...

We’re constantly being reminded of the environmental degradation of our planet, but the fast, free, accessible flow of digital...