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Zones 5 & 6: Planting and Harvesting Chart

Planting and harvesting dates in the Mountain States region for annual plants cultivated outdoors in the garden without protective devices.

10 Garden Trends

interacting with nature in friendlier ways is a big priority this year, according to the 2019 Garden Trends Report from Garden Media. Here are other trends from the report.

Microgreens pack a mega punch

Growing microgreens in your home is a hot DIY hobby these days. Who wouldn’t want a tasty, nutrient-rich food to add to meals simply by plucking it from a windowsill tray?

Water-Wise Gardening

These dozen tips from the Colorado State University Extension will get your garden in water-efficiency mode.

How to build a homemade bee hotel that helps native pollinators thrive

B&Bs for Bees By Sara Bruskin Picture a bee. Go on—get the image in your head. Did you imagine a black-and-yellow honeybee? There’s a good chance you did, and there’s also a good chance you’ve seen hundreds of other native bees without knowing it. Unlike nonnative honeybees, the state’s native bees vary in color, shape […]

Feature Garden: This sweeping landscape is a magnet for all things winged

Creating a sustainable landscape using mostly low-lying Colorado native plants and trees with bird-friendly fruits like hawthorn and serviceberry.

Roasted Beet Salad with Pickled Shallots and Lemon-Maple Vinaigrette

Recipe courtesy Modern Market Eatery Chef Nate Weir Chef’s Note: “Although beets are a fall/winter vegetable, you can often find baby beets in spring at farmers markets. They’re smaller and sweeter, and because the skin is so thin, they can be sliced and eaten raw. If you can’t find spring beets, substitute spring radishes, using […]

Rhubarb Vinaigrette

Recipe courtesy Flagstaff House Chef Chris Royster Chef’s Note: “I serve this over a fiddlehead fern, asparagus and fennel salad, with crispy prosciutto and smoked chèvre. I also like to mix more than one green in a salad—mustard greens, arugula or watercress with baby, butter or oak leaf lettuce, and maybe something like napa cabbage […]

Lauren’s Favorite Spring Quinoa Salad

Recipe courtesy Growing Gardens Site Director Lauren Kelso INGREDIENTS (Amounts are up to you, based on what you have on hand) Neutral-flavored oil Rice wine vinegar 1 or 2 limes, zested and juiced Cooked and cooled quinoa (or grain of your choice) Snap peas, chopped Radishes, thinly sliced Green onions, sliced Additional spring produce, like […]

Kale & Apple Salad

Recipe courtesy The Kitchen and Next Door cofounder Kimbal Musk DRESSING INGREDIENTS ½ cup apple cider vinegar ¾ cup canola oil ¾ cup xanthan gum ½ cup apple juice ½ teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon garlic, finely chopped 2 tablespoons yellow onion, chopped SALAD INGREDIENTS (per serving) ½ cup baby kale, chopped […]

Spring Dandelion Salad

You can source your own dandelion leaves or buy them at grocery stores, but those aren’t nearly as tender and tasty as what you can pick in spring.

Ways to harvest all the health advantages a garden can offer

With a bit of mindful planning, your garden can be a powerful tool for reaching health goals.

Fabulous, Fantastic Prefab Homes

Prefabricated homes are increasingly popular in the eco-friendly housing market.

Confab with a Prefab Maker

To learn more about prefab homes, we sat down with Kaveh Khatibloo, co-CEO of Stillwater Dwellings, to get the dirt on this building trend.

A home with nature-inspired architecture finally found its family

The House That Waited By Lisa Marshall Photos by WeinrauchPhotography.com Ofer Shaul had toured 50 Boulder-area homes when he made an unusual request of his realtor: “I said, ‘Show me the house no one else wants,” he recalls. An Israel native, investment banker and father of fraternal twins, Shaul flew in from Austin, Texas, in […]

Fixing a Fixed Footprint

Here’s how interior designer Tennille Wood transformed the 1910 bungalow into a two-story beauty,

An architect’s top 10 recommendations for building a cozy home that’s super energy-efficient

Energy efficiency is not only smart, it’s critical to combating greenhouse emissions.

Try these decorating tips to bring fall’s beauty indoors

Autumn Accents By Ruthanne Johnson Of all the seasons, fall is perhaps the most nostalgic. Crisp autumn leaves, chunky sweaters, butternut soups and waning daylight all add up to warm coziness. Wouldn’t it be nice to bottle it into a soul-southing liquid you could spritz yourself with now and then? But capturing fall’s essence is […]