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Things We Love-- Knives to Good Grips, our staff loves these things, and we thought you might, too!
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Quiet-Spot, Headbands, Dog Shampoo, Thin Reader Glasses
Isn’t it great when you find something you love? Our staff found a few gems they’d love to share with you. Enjoy!
Summer 2016: From the Editor
Thanks to the many, many locals who attended the Boulder Home & Garden Fair at Twenty Ninth Street on June 4. This magazine is committed to our community. We sponsor the fair to hook up home and garden professionals with local residents. We feature your neighbors’ gardens and homes in these pages, and try to […]
It’s Training Cats and Dogs
It’s easy to train an animal to be its people-pleasing best, and as a pet owner, it’s your responsibility.
Beautiful Bulbs: Buy Now to Plant in Fall
Bulbs are primarily plants of semiarid and Mediterranean habitats, which means they’re perfect for Colorado gardens.
Sensory- Friendly Spaces for children with autism spectrum disorder
When you have a child with autism, there’s more to creating a comfortable, safe home than painting the walls in the right shade of lemon chiffon...
Assessing an Architect
Working with an architect is foreign territory for most people. So how do you proceed?
Feature Garden: Fab in Four Seasons
It’s hard to believe this lush garden was once an eyesore. Now it’s a sight for sore eyes in every season.
Dig It–Not! The No-Dig Gardening Method
Want a garden without the backbreaking task of digging? Try this method.
Make Your Garden a Twilight Retreat
After dark, your garden could be a magical place.
Summer Surprises: Late-blooming flowers
A wealth of late-summer flowers is available for our gardens—and not just plants in the mint and daisy families
10 Revolutionary Building Materials In Use Throughout the World
What if pollution were a thing of the past? What if all trash was either biodegraded or reused? What if houses were constructed of 100-percent sustainable materials? Many environmental advocates think those goals are possible. And because the construction industry is responsible for more than a third of negative environmental impacts, it’s not surprising that […]
Feature Home: Cultural Crossroads
This bright contemporary remodeled home is a showcase of cultural artifacts and ancient crafts.
Haley’s Homespuns: Grilled Peach Sundaes
We’re kicking off peach season with a decadent, backyard-BBQ-friendly treat: grilled peach sundaes. Grilling peaches brings out their natural sugar and perfectly softens the flesh for this luscious dessert.
Wild Earth Gardens
LANDSCAPING EXCELLENCE, CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, QUALITY CRAFTSMANSHIP Wild Earth Gardens is in their twentieth year of transforming landscapes! Kirsten Devine started the business as a small enterprise. For the first few years it was a single person operation that focused solely on garden maintenance. Wild Earth Gardens grew organically through customer referrals. Kirsten’s husband, Bryan Devine, […]
Things We Love
We Have A New Look I’m excited. First, spring is here—yay! Second, I like the magazine’s new look. Our art director, Karen Sperry, has diligently redesigned these pages just in time to give the magazine a fresh face for spring. We’ve also added new departments and done away with others to better serve your interests. […]
Rebecca’s Recommendations: Where There’s Water, There’s CFCI
File this under “you learn something new every day.” Upon a recent inspection while preparing to sell our home, we learned that regular outlets near any sort of water source don’t cut it. That means bathrooms and kitchens should be outfitted with GFCI (ground-fault circuit interrupter) outlets. Not only that, but they’re also supposed to […]
The Farm
The Farm – Recreational Marijuana Dispensary Established in 2009 and often referred to as Colorado’s finest dispensary, we’ve built our reputation by providing a unique experience and top-notch service. It takes a village to deliver clean and consistent Craft Cannabis batch after batch. Our team consists of growers, harvesters, curers, packagers, budtenders and many others […]
Rebecca’s Recommendations: Wash, Rinse, Repeat for Cleaner Laundry
Get Rid of Detergent Buildup for Cleaner Laundry Have you noticed your clothes not getting as clean as they used to, or towels not smelling as fresh as they once did? The problem could be detergent buildup in your washing machine. Borrowing a technique from the cloth-diapering world, I decided to try a simple “stripping” […]
Rebecca’s Recommendations: Foil Itchy & Scratchy Mosquitoes
Try these ideas for prevention and protection While everyone looks forward to warmer weather on the horizon, no one’s excited about the mosquitoes it spawns. Every person has a preventive he or she swears by, but nothing is ever 100-percent effective for everyone. As someone who spent most of her childhood covered in mosquito bites, […]
Rebecca’s Recommendations: Make your own dry-erase board
Write On Just because something’s functional doesn’t mean it can’t look nice. Dry-erase boards are handy in nearly any room—the kitchen for a grocery list, the entry to greet the family, the kids’ rooms to remind them what they need for the day. But finding a board that doesn’t look like it belongs in a […]
