O’Meara: Practical gifts for the gardener in your life
Some tips on what to gift the gardener in your life.
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O’Meara: Keep garden diseases at bay during winter
Keep your plants healthy by tidying up the leaves and applying a fresh covering of mulch in perennial beds to keep diseases at bay.
O’Meara: Tips for preparing the garden for its winter nap
Put on your gloves and take advantage of warm fall spells to get your garden tidied up for its winter bed.
O’Meara: From Samhain came the multi-million dollar industry of Halloween
On Samhain, the Celts believed that the veil between the world of the living and the dead was the thinnest, when ghosts would return to walk the earth.
O’Meara: Tips for harvesting and curing home-grown gourds
To tell when gourds are ready for harvest, check the stems, which will be dry and brown.
![Sandlots and dirt yards are fine for goofing off during pickup football games; running, leaping, swerving and diving is perfect for a relaxing afternoon in the Colorado sunshine. But if you’re going to pirouette before mashing your face into the ground, you’d probably prefer to land on nice, cushy turf grass. Fall marks the season […]](https://www.coloradodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190402_03DCPOME-1-1.jpg?w=132 "Sandlots and dirt yards are fine for goofing off during pickup football games; running, leaping, swerving and diving is perfect for a relaxing afternoon in the Colorado sunshine. But if you’re going to pirouette before mashing your face into the ground, you’d probably prefer to land on nice, cushy turf grass. Fall marks the season […]")
O’Meara: Take advantage of warm September days to prep lawns for fall
Sandlots and dirt yards are fine for goofing off during pickup football games; running, leaping, swerving and diving is perfect for a relaxing afternoon in the Colorado sunshine. But if...
![Have you experienced the unbearable sadness of a lackluster tomato? Standing in front of tables piled high with perfect red, round fruit, we convince ourselves that we know how to pick one that will be a tasty prize on our salad. Sadly, finding a commercially grown tomato with moan-worthy flavor is like finding a needle […]](https://www.coloradodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/BoulderFarmersMarket__JP12296-1.jpg?w=134 "Have you experienced the unbearable sadness of a lackluster tomato? Standing in front of tables piled high with perfect red, round fruit, we convince ourselves that we know how to pick one that will be a tasty prize on our salad. Sadly, finding a commercially grown tomato with moan-worthy flavor is like finding a needle […]")
O’Meara: Thanks to research, tomato taste finding its way back into the fruit
Have you experienced the unbearable sadness of a lackluster tomato? Standing in front of tables piled high with perfect red, round fruit, we convince ourselves that we know how to...
![Lawnmowers droning, cicadas buzzing, the slightly skewed tune of ice cream trucks — some sounds that play the songs of summer. But of all the noises that make up the warm season, there’s one sound that sends my spouse and me eagerly searching for the source: the high trill of hummingbirds in flight. Hearing hummers […]](https://www.coloradodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20140731_01DCGCENw-2-1.jpg?w=132 "Lawnmowers droning, cicadas buzzing, the slightly skewed tune of ice cream trucks — some sounds that play the songs of summer. But of all the noises that make up the warm season, there’s one sound that sends my spouse and me eagerly searching for the source: the high trill of hummingbirds in flight. Hearing hummers […]")
O’Meara: Dance to the wing beat of the hummingbird migration
Lawnmowers droning, cicadas buzzing, the slightly skewed tune of ice cream trucks — some sounds that play the songs of summer. But of all the noises that make up the...
![If you look forward to perfect peppers, but are disappointed when they get sunburned, there aren’t as many, or they aren’t as big, chances are that sunlight is to blame. Solar intensity and high temperatures work against getting the most out of pepper crops. However, research on shading the peppers is casting light on the […]](https://www.coloradodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/chili-peppers-1.jpg?w=132 "If you look forward to perfect peppers, but are disappointed when they get sunburned, there aren’t as many, or they aren’t as big, chances are that sunlight is to blame. Solar intensity and high temperatures work against getting the most out of pepper crops. However, research on shading the peppers is casting light on the […]")
O’Meara: Peppers get sunburns, too
If you look forward to perfect peppers, but are disappointed when they get sunburned, there aren’t as many, or they aren’t as big, chances are that sunlight is to blame....
![Gardeners have an unusual take on things. One moment we’re in a frenzy of panic over aphids in the garden, while the next we’re shrugging off near total loss of plants due to weather. We’re not adjusting our medication; it’s just that some things we can’t control. Hail, for example. We’ve been luxuriating in a […]](https://www.coloradodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20180620_21DCAFARw-2-1.jpg?w=132 "Gardeners have an unusual take on things. One moment we’re in a frenzy of panic over aphids in the garden, while the next we’re shrugging off near total loss of plants due to weather. We’re not adjusting our medication; it’s just that some things we can’t control. Hail, for example. We’ve been luxuriating in a […]")
Tips for hail damage in gardens
Gardeners have an unusual take on things. One moment we’re in a frenzy of panic over aphids in the garden, while the next we’re shrugging off near total loss of...