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Yes, this is just how I see myself! I enjoyed reading everyone's Top Ten Tuesday posts last week so much that I decided to do my own......

  August is upon us, which means afternoon thunderstorms in Colorado and the garden is finally starting to produce. I picked tomatoes and pe...

Happy June! Blogging has taken a backseat to removing all the furniture, etc from the living room for the hardwood floor installation, which...

Three Sisters Garden in July Garden Notes It happens every year, August hits and I am ready to harvest and move on to other things, like wor...

The Heirloom Gardener , by John Forti - I've been following John Forti, the Heirloom Gardener, on Facebook and Instagram for a few years...

Garden Notes This week's star native is Bee Balm (aka Wild Bergamot). This fragrant perennial comes in lots of colors, has spikey flower...

Blanketflower First, a Garden Note This week's star native is Gaillardia, known to her friends as Blanketflower. She loves full sun and ...

  Fiona, the sentry guard dragon Last year, I spent my gardening budget on installing the native garden, the plants and all the fixin's,...

Garden Notes This week's star native is evening primrose. The particular species I planted last year is  Oenothera howardii ( Howard...

  Rocky Mt Penstemon in the Native Garden Garden Notes The June-gloom that started the month meant lots of rain for the emerging garden. Her...

 Nothing like a couple of flights to get some great books read. Here's what I've been reading. Pigs in Heaven , by Barbara Kingsolve...

It's really spring, and we're having the rain (and snow) that comes with the rhyme! Thank goodness--my native flower garden is green...