You voted, we listened! Aug. 27, 2011, customers got a sneak peek and voted on their favorite annuals for our Welby’s Garden […]
Author: jesse
Mums the Word!
Looking for some late-summer, early fall perennial bloomers? Add a colorful chrysanthemum to your flower bed or fall container garden! We have moved hundreds of these prolific, hardy and beautifully […]
Reid: From the Kitchen to the Garden
I learned the phrase from my mother: “Garbage is gold.” The garbage she refers to isn’t just any old thing that ends up in the trash can. Her stuff of […]
Seed Saving
Saving seeds can be an inexpensive way to continue the great harvest of a vegetable or flower garden. For hundreds of years, it was part of the task of growing […]
Preserving Home-grown Fruits and Vegetables
With a wonderful bounty of fresh produce, sometimes the garden overflows. Many home gardeners consider preserving the fruits of their labor to enjoy throughout the years to come. Preserving your […]
Throgmorton: July/August Garden Chores
It’s a good time to sow spinach for later this fall and early next spring. Sow seeds in the garden; keep the area moist for a couple weeks. You’ll harvest […]
Throgmorton: Grass Clippings – Bag Them or Leave Them
To leave grass clippings or not to leave grass clippings is the question. New studies and new mower technology says to leave clippings more often than collecting clippings. Grass clippings […]
Annual evaluation at CSU trial gardens
Fort Collins Nursery’s Greenhouse Manager and Buyer Troy Cobb participated Aug. 1, 2011, in the annual evaluation of the Colorado State University Annual Flower Trial Gardens. Troy and other nursery […]
Toughen up your lawn
- Season: Summer
Kentucky bluegrass has gotten a bad rap as a high water-consuming lawn grass. Many folks have ripped out bluegrass and started over with fescue, blue gramma or buffalograss. The establishment […]
Control annual weedy grasses
- Season: Summer
If crabgrass is taking hold in your lawn this summer, now is the time to act. Grassy weeds like quackgrass, crabgrass, tall fescue and bromegrass are common invaders in Colorado […]