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. […]
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 […]
