When the Foothills Dry Out: Protecting Your Summer Garden from Thirsty Wildlife
Most wildlife protection advice for gardeners is written for spring. Watch out for rabbits in April. Fence your vegetable beds before the deer find them in May. That advice isn’t wrong, but it addresses only the first wave. Here in Colorado Springs, the second wave is larger, more desperate, and far more destructive. Continue reading
Hail-Proofing Your Yard: Selecting Resilient Plant Material for Unpredictable Summer Storms
Every Colorado Springs gardener has lived through this exact scenario: it’s a beautiful July afternoon, your garden is at peak summer glory, and then, without much warning, the sky turns green-gray, the temperature drops ten degrees in five minutes, and ice starts falling from the sky. Fifteen minutes later, the sun is back out, the storm has moved on, and you walk outside to assess the damage. Continue reading
North Side vs. South Side: Why Your Colorado Property Has Two Completely Different Summer Climates
Here’s something most generic landscaping advice completely ignores: your property isn’t one climate. It’s at least two, and sometimes three or four. Continue reading