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Design Systems
Hey, it’s summer already! And yeah, I’ve been outside, nearly every day– in my garden, in multiples someone else’s, in my shed, or among my potting benches. You might have thought I was landscaping full time. Well, when the weather is nice, it does seem like it! But now it gets uncomfortably hot during the […]
Volunteering at the Colorado Springs Horticulture Department
Yes, the Colorado Springs Horticulture Department– did you know we have one? Yes, we have one! And today, a bunch of us– plant lovers, geeks, and nerds volunteered at the Colorado Springs City Greenhouse, planting native seeds and potting up plants. And afterwards we visited a local native garden by a Colorado Native Plants Society […]
Prickly Pear Cactus & a Fairy Garden
For this morning’s garden therapy, we cleared out the smooth brome grasses that had completely camouflaged the cactus I’d planted directly next to this buffaloberry shrub that the deer in past years have persisted in abusing. The shrub’s actually looking its best in a while, so I believe these prickly’s are deterring the rutting damage […]
Company can be Therapeutic- Even a Chicken’s.
Today, as usual, our garden therapy began in the cool early morning. As the sun got higher, we shifted to harvesting some herbs and flowers for the drying racks. And then when it got really hot, we settled in the shade to try our hands for the first time ever at making sage smudge sticks. […]
Salvia
Salvia, the genus widely known as sage, is within the family of Lamiaceae, with nearly 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. The Salvia / Sage family includes two very widely used kitchen herbs: Other sages we might know are: On My Wish List… Any other sages I ought to consider? * Note that […]
Fall Sowing for Cold Stratification
Sowing seeds in the fall to allow for cold stratification: This is how I’m doing it this year. The weather has warmed up a bit last week. Armed with new potting soil recipes for plants native to this region, I’d mixed and filled up a whole bunch of potting pots with the mixture. I made […]
Anna Blueberry Digital Media
With the first frosts & light snow this last week of October, gardening season 2024 has effectively come to its end. So over at Anna Blueberry Digital Media, which is what I do when I’m not in the garden– I’ve been brushing up my website design & development skills. This website here is where I […]
First Snow / End of the Season
It’s that time of the year when things slow down. We’ve just had our First Snow of the 2024-2025 Winter Season. Happy Halloween. We move indoors, sort thru the saved seeds and label the dried herbs. Pull out my favorite tincture recipes, and make plans for cold stratification of native wildflower seeds.
Multiplying Pineleaf Penstemon
Before/after photos plus the video of the actual act of dividing & multiplying (click on image or link to view– I posted this on Instagram). https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUvwUyyRyUatDkXSzAGEU4YH0WCbn2yEAb6ak0 How easy and rewarding it is to divide a Pineleaf Penstemon! This video is my first attempt at playing around with a new-to-me video editor and posting to social […]
Harvesting & Drying
Calendula. Easy to grow. Harvest, and dry.
Raspberries & Blackberries!
What a bumper crop of raspberries we had in July, and now the blackberries are starting!
Growing Food in Colorado, part II
Foods you can successfully grow in your garden in the Colorado Springs / foothills of the Rockies.
