Past Issues
Colorado Gardener is an independently owned, creatively designed tabloid-size gardening newsmagazine, publishing since 1997. We printed our last print issue in August 2023 and are now digital-only, so users can find all of our articles on this website. We provide our readers with the ideas, information, resources, inspiration and sense of humor needed to grow ornamental and edible plants successfully in our fast changing, unpredictable climate. We emphasize waterwise and environmentally sound practices.
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COLORADO GARDENER ARCHIVES
Spring 2023
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Harvest 2021
Harvest 2020
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ARTICLES:
Gourmet Mushroom Kits
Plastic Eating Mushrooms
Native Trees from Seed
Plant Hormones:
Messengers of Change
Gail Felzien's High Plains
Experiment Station
Ditchweeds, Wildflowers
& Native Forbs
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Harvest 2019
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ARTICLES:
Cucuzza
Goji Berry
Black Widows
Fritillaria
Native Shrubs
Bokashi Underground
9 Ways to Preserve Your Harvest
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Harvest 2018
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ARTICLES:
Rabbitbrush
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Nitrogen Fixers
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After the Harvest
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Handmade Paper from Your Garden Plants
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Perfectly Imperfect Produce
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NOCO Urban Homestead Tour
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Wild Seed Collecting
April 2018
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ARTICLES:
Chatfield Farms
Bigtooth Maple
Easy Compost Building
Fireweed
Big Bug Hunt
Ruby Hill Tiny Farm
Best of the Best 2018
Timing & Light in Garden Photography
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Harvest 2017
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ARTICLES:
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Plant Intenet
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Critter Control
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Outdoor Rooms
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Apple Grafting
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Summer Stingers
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Olympic Trip to Greece
Education Issue 2017
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ARTICLES:
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Benefits of Natives
Winter Annuals
N2O
Welby Gardens
Seed Sowing 101
Specialty Nurseries
Summer 2016
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ARTICLES:
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Milkweeds
Strawberries
Butterfly Gardens
Gardening with Men
Hospital Food Gets Fresher in CO Springs
Rain Gardens & Xeriscape
Harvest 2015
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ARTICLES:
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Another "Silent Spring?"
Geothermal Greenhouses
Cherry Trees
Galls
Starting Seeds
Winter/Early Spring Calendar
April 2015
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ARTICLES:
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Pears
Lewisia
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Wwoofers
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Native Shrubs
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Synthetic Biology
African DogTooth Grass
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Natural Agriculture in Crestone
Summer 2014
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ARTICLES:
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No Strain Gardening
8 Great Pots- and Why
New Waterlily Competition
Raising a Family of Gardeners
Colorado Gardener 2014 Education Issue
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ARTICLES:
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Mantids
Time to Sow
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The Bean Acre
For Peat's Sake
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Emerald Ashe Border
May 2013
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ARTICLES:
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Roly Polys
Gooseberries
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Wildlife Feats
Roots Beans
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Garden Remodel
Dwarf Bearded Iris
Harvest 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Hops
Silver Plants
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Seed Strategies
Master Gardeners
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Excelsior Gardens
Permaculture Sites
April 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Lavenders
Fava Beans
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Insect Antennae
GMO’s & Food Safety
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Ann & Dick Bartlett’s Gardens
Summer 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Hawkmoths
Lawns to Meadows
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Riverside Cemetery
Firewise Landscaping
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Trinidad History Gardens
2011 Education Supplement
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Buffaloberry
Bee-Killing Pesticides
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Seeds of Sustainability
Transpiration
May 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Pikes Peak
Urban Gardens
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Leaf Botany
Mushrooms
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Plant A Row
Beans
Harvest 2022
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Late Spring 2021
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ARTICLES:
Beyond the Sting Wasps: There is Something to Love
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Colorado Grows with Specialty Crop Block Grants
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Gardening as Science Education
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SHRUB PROFILE:
New Mexican Privet
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Late Spring 2020
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ARTICLES:
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Eriogonums
Finding Food
Rooftop Gardens
Crop Mobster
Kelly Grummons
Regenerative Gardening
The Viral Life of Plants
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Late Spring 2019
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ARTICLES:
Cucuzza
Goji Berry
Black Widows
Fritillaria
Native Shrubs
Bokashi Underground
9 Ways to Preserve Your Harvest
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June 2018
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ARTICLES:
Tulsi
Amaranth
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Kim Gravestock's
Garden Plants & their Pollinators
Oenotheras Herbs for Dogs
Build a Cold Storage
Unit Don't Blame
Goldenrod for Allergies
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Education Issue 2018
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ARTICLES:
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Green Roofs
Learning Seeds
Open Source Seed Initiative
Colorado Gardening 101
Feed the Soil, Not the Plants
Winter/Early Spring Calendar
May 2017
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ARTICLES:
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Salvias
Mesclun
Mike Kintgen
Birds
Night Bloomers
Pollinator Drones
The Sunflower Ecosystem
Harvest 2016
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ARTICLES:
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Alliums
Free Seeds
Mushroom Season
Supporting Trees
The Dirkse Sisters' Urban Homestead
April 2016
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ARTICLES:
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Beets
Natives
Good Seed
Small Shrubs
Street Gardens
Panayoti's Olympic Trip to Turkey
Plant Profiles
Blue Ribbon Vegetables
Ballooning Spiders
Summer 2015
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ARTICLES:
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Garden Railroads
Cottage Foods Act
Mt Garden Veggies
Jan DeVore’s Fort Collins Garden
Roses
Comfrey
Bees & Wasps
Education Issue 2015
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Calendar of Gardening Classes, Workshops, Events
Sourcing Our Seeds
Respecting Your Hicks: Western Slope Natives
Six-Legged Strategies for Surviving Winter
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Japanese Beetle is Here
First Tiny Farm Breaks Ground
May 2014
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ARTICLES:
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Pathways
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Hugelkulture
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Colorado Apples
Get a Jump on Weeds
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12 Reasons to Grow Organic
Anne Clark: Low Water Natives
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Gardening in the San Luis Valley
Colorado Gardener Harvest 2013 Issue
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ARTICLES:
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Elderberry
Comb Honey
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Glass Gem Corn
La Veta Garden Wizard
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Garden Subtraction & Division
April 2013
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ARTICLES:
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Hemp Mulch
Rock Gardening
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Companion Planting
Chickens & Other Fowl
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Holly Flineau’s Sloan’s Lake Garden
Summer 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Herbs
Apricots
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Tomatoes
Aquaponics
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Children’s Gardens
Cactus Companions
2012 Education Edition
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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New CSA Models
Horticulture Trends
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Biological Farming & Gardening
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Calendar of Classes, Workshops, Symposiums, Events
May 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Living Walls
Meet the Voles
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Scrumptious Spuds
PlantSelect Choices
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Uses for Common Weeds
Estes Park Natives Garden
Harvest 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Perennial Bulbs
School Gardens
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Save Your Seeds!
Easy Food Preserving
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Maples
Kathi Taylor's Loveland Garden
April 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Natives in Gardens
Legal Water Harvesting
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Veggies for Mt. Gardens
Plant Exploration in the Altai
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Gardening Without Chemicals
Spring 2022
Early Spring 2021
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Early Spring 2020
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ARTICLES:
Allergy Trees
Why Plants Make Us Sneeze
Grow Broccoli
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Earliest Spring Flowers
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Early Spring 2019
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ARTICLES:
Snow Iris
Repurposing a Garden
Quinoa Greens & Seeds
Food Gardening on the Mountain
Insect-Inspired Inventions
Adding to the Ark at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens
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May 2018
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ARTICLES:
Rob Proctor
8 Easy Edibles
Regis Arboretum
Grow Better Birdseed
Prickly Pear Nasturtiums
Ground Covers
Classic Herb Combos
Exotic Tomatoes
Insect Armageddon
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Harvest 2017
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ARTICLES:
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Nuts
Pumpkins
Beatrix Potter
Tomatoes
Hummingbird Haven
Recycling Succulents
No Irrigation Gardening
April 2017
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ARTICLES:
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Steppes
Brassicas
Piñon Pines
Suburbitat
Wild Columbines
Grapes on the Front Range
Plant/Bug Conversations
Summer 2016
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ARTICLES:
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Moths
Nectar Plants
Mushroom Projects
How to Plant a Tree
Growing Colorado Kids
Fragrant Climbing Roses
Education Issue 2016
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ARTICLES:
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Another "Silent Spring?"
Geothermal Greenhouses
Cherry Trees
Galls
Starting Seeds
Winter/Early Spring Calendar
May 2015
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ARTICLES:
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Edible Natives
Ornamental Grasses
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Pruning Stressed Trees
Grow Veggies in the Shade
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Iris
Weeds
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Jumping Spiders
Butterflys Disappearing
Harvest 2014
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ARTICLES:
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Free Seed
29-Year Old Xeriscape
Harvest Tips
Metamorphosis Mysteries
Create a Winter Wildlife Refuge
April 2014
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ARTICLES:
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Espalier
Snowdrops
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Trough Gardening
Bold, Beautiful Natives
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Why New Veggie Gardeners
Sometimes Fail (through no fault of their own)
Summer 2013
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ARTICLES:
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Xeric Gems
Fairy Gardens
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Summer and Winter Squash
Make $ From Your Garden
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Andy Hough’s Fruit Research
2013 Education Issue
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ARTICLES:
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Plant Awareness
Our New Marijuana Law
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Better Yields with Saved Seeds
Helping Plants Beat the Heat
May 2012
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Permaculture
Insect Deceit
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Edible Flowers
Xeric Perennials
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Growing Native Oaks
Zia Parker & Willow Way Herbs
Harvest 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Agave
Rose of Sharon
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Cafe Botanique
Season Extenders
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Honeybee Update
April 2011
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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"Arborland"
Nitrogen
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Pruning Grapes
Plants for Dry Shade
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Asparagus and Rhubarb
Establishing New Plants
Summer 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Hail
Bee Plants
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Raspberries
Ross Shrigley
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Beneficial Bugs
Educational Supplement 2010
Online Edition
(no longer available)
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ARTICLES:
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Appreciate Your Seeds!
Orchids
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A Green Roof Thrives
Plant More Natives