Now that it’s officially summer, and the heat has arrived, we’re all looking for ways to stay cool. Well your garden plants are feeling the same way. And that’s where putting a blanket down can help; a blanket of mulch. Mulching is a well practiced gardening technique of covering the soil with some type of [...]
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It’s been a long snowy winter in northern New Mexico. By mid-January, the El Nino had developed in earnest and the storms started tracking south across the southern CA, AZ and New Mexico.  The abundant rain and snow has broken the drought of the past couple of years. Share on Facebook
I’ve always been a dog person and have had dogs in my life since I was a little kid. Last March 2009, Hunter, our little Cairn Terrier-Shih Tzu mix passed away after being with my family and I for nearly 17 years. The last of our pack of three dogs, he was the most resilient, [...]
2011 Dates JANUARY 22, 2011 David will be presenting: “Ornamental Grasses and Perennials: Beautiful Plantings for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies” in the City of Fort Collins, CO Undaunted Gardens event. FEBRUARY 4 & 5 David will be speaking at the Peak to Prairie Landscape Symposium. The topic for Friday 2/4 will be ‘Rock Gardening with [...]
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Over the past two years, High Country Gardens has been calling attention to the plight of pollinators like the honeybee and native bees/bumblebees. Their populations are crashing principally as a result of mankind’s chemically dependent agricultural practices, centralized food production, exotic pathogens and habitat destruction. Without robust populations of bees and other pollinators the world’s [...]
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Our 2011 Spring Seminar Series Santa Fe Greenhouses is proud to announce its Spring Seminar Series. SANTA FE GREENHOUSES 2904 Rufina Street Santa Fe, NM 87507 505-473-2700 www.santafegreenhouses.com map it Share on Facebook
Many years ago when I first became interested in ornamental grasses, I didn’t understand how to use them as a component of a landscape design. Now I use ornamental grasses all the time and have discovered how to combine them in the landscape with other plants. This seems to create a wonderful synergism that accentuates [...]
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Understanding the beginning elements of gardening will help the beginner get off to a good start. It’s that time of year again. The garden is beginning to call. And if you’ve never gardened before, or have a new bed to prepare, spring time is an excellent time to get started. Whether you’re planting flowerbeds or [...]
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We experienced gardeners bandy terms about like nobody’s business. An email from a reader named Cynthia who had a questions about her garden and wanted to know if we could help. She planted her very first garden and wrote: “I’m so new to gardening that what seasoned gardeners may know how to do in their [...]
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