Home & Garden

How to make fresh, delicious dill pickles at home

Here's how to make your own pickles. Not only does canning save money—preserving foods in season before they spoil—it’s healthier, it’s green, and it’s fun!

Thinking Outside the Cubicle

Office spaces that borrow residential design pay off in terms of creativity and the bottom line

Preserving Peppers

Make the most of your autumn crop. Here are ways to preserve your chile pepper harvest so you can whip up spicy fixings year-round.

Dried fall plants can extend the growing season’s beauty well into winter

Drying late-fall flowers is a cinch, and the blossoms add seasonal beauty throughout the winter months.

Upcycled items are eco-friendly and useful, even artful

There’s nothing new about repurposing old and discarded items, and Boulderites love upcycled items.

TRU PACE offers coordinated care for elderly

Thanks to the new TRU PACE program offered by Lafayette’s TRU Community Care, eligible Boulder County seniors 55 and older can receive coordinated care

Spreading Hope in Thailand

A group from Boulder, Charities Within Reach, is bringing hope and the promise of a brighter future to eight hill tribe children in Thailand.

Ice Cream infused with alcohol from Prohibition Treats

It was just a matter of time until someone realized that ice cream infused with alcohol would be a feel-good, taste-good treat.

Tap Beer for Tap Water

Each gallon of Renegade tap beer sold during the Tap4Tap provided a gallon of fresh drinking water for people around the world in need.

Greatest Literary Show on Earth

The Jaipur Literature Festival brings together contemporary authors, Pulitzer Prize winners, poets, musicians, journalists, mythologists and scholars.

Have a Fruitful Fall

There are lots of things to appreciate about fall: cooler weather, squash and pumpkins, and, my personal favorite, NO MORE WEEDING!

Vegetable Spiralizer, Citrus Juicer, Popcorn Popper and Podcasts

Here are 4 things we love this fall. Our staff loves these things, and thought you might, too.

Artistry and ecology go hand in hand in this garden

Stunning and sustainable garden is striking showpiece designed by landscaper and artist

Key to a healthy spring lawn is proper care in the fall

Lawn Care Lingo By Amber Erickson Gabbey Lawn care may seem like a summer task, with all the weeding, mowing and watering. But if you want a nice-looking, healthy lawn, the real work happens in the off-season, particularly in fall when grass is preparing for dormancy. “Creating a living soil is the key to a […]

Let There Be Light

When choosing lighting, take your home’s style into consideration and think in layers.

A Writer’s Workshop

This writer's workshop is designed to evoke images of a train passing over a forested mountain ridge.

Roll Out the Rain Barrel

The governor recently signed a bill allowing homeowners to use rain barrels to collect rainwater

Haley’s Homespuns: Apple Butter Goodness

Apple season has arrived. Here’s an easy recipe for apple butter Whether your backyard tree is dripping with ripe fruit or you’ve seen the low apple prices at the grocery store, it’s clear apple season has arrived! Making apple butter is an easy way to hang onto the sweet flavor of your fall apples all […]

Haley’s Homespuns: Roasted Hatch Green Chile Hummus

Roasted Hatch Green Chile Hummus combines best of two worlds I’m fortunate to say that my journalistic endeavors have taken me to some pretty fantastic places—the West Bank and New Mexico, in particular. I’ll forever have a soft spot in my heart for these arid places, which is why this week’s Homespun is near and […]

Haley’s Homespuns: Store Your Apples for Winter Use

It’s easy to store apples and enjoy them raw or in dishes all winter long. Here’s how:

Haley’s Homespuns: Talking Tomatoes

If your tomatoes have lots of dead leaves and dried branches, it’s time to prune them to help them keep flowering and producing fruit.