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Herb Garden Heroes: Colorado perennial herbs

May 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food, Gardening, Herbs

Want some easy-to-grow plants that look good and that you can use for cooking, garnishing and eating? These are herbs that I have in our front yard that are perennial. (Perennial means they survive the winter and come back every year. In fact, chives, thyme and sage stay green most of the winter, or even [...]

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First Strawberries

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Fruit, Gardening

Today I picked the very first strawberries from the strawberry patch in our yard.

It’s incredible what an amazing taste you get from fruit ripened in the sun (and not in the fruit truck on it’s way to the store). These little beauties were juicy and sweet.
Strawberries grow well in Colorado. This is the first time [...]

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community garden – phase 1

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Gardening

Here is a boring picture of my garden plot in the Whittier Community Garden, April 5 2008 (clean-up day). I plan to plant: lettuce, tomatoes, onion, green onion, beets, yellow bell peppers, japanese cucumbers and peas. If I can find peanuts, I’ll do those as well.

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