Tag: Home And Garden
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Pikes Pick: Hit Denver Botanic Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale
Not that you ever need another reason to visit Denver Botanic Gardens, but the annual Spring Plant Sale is one. Mark your calendar for May 9-10, when all your gardening dreams take to the York Street location. Admission is free, but reservations are required, beginning April 28. — Seth Boster
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Year-round gardening: Plant nostalgia often influences choices in Colorado gardens
People garden for a multitude of reasons: beautification of their property, satisfaction of growing their own food, therapeutic benefits of connecting with nature, and the sense of accomplishment when plants thrive. Gardening also provides an opportunity to express creativity and personal style through designing landscapes and arranging plants. A garden can be all that and…
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Bird Call: Enemy has been defeated
I finally have defeated my sworn enemy. And just in time for spring migration. Pack it up and move along, squirrels. No longer will you little freeloaders feast upon my bird feeders, relieving me of thousands of dollars of bird food meant for the sweet chickadees, chirpy nuthatches, flashy but mean Western tanagers, finches and…
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Year-round gardening: Extra space in your Colorado garden? There’s so many great ways to fill it
“Gardens are the result of a collaboration between art and nature.” – Penelope Hobhouse All too often homeowners believe that any uncultivated space in their garden will best be used as turf. There is an idea that installing a lawn is easy, but lawns require a lot of maintenance, water and fertilizer, and they have…
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Year-round gardening: It’s time to start working in the garden
“In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too.” – Jean Hersey, American author What a deliciously cold winter we’ve had. Hopefully, March will bring us an equally delightful spring that provides rain, sunshine and perennials that have survived the winter temperatures. Here are…
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Bird Call: Bird-watching an accessible hobby for all
The stakes are low but the reward is high when it comes to bird-watching. Which makes it a perfect hobby. Sure, sometimes you’ll buy a really snazzy bird feeder and bags of mouthwatering bird food, get it all set up in your yard, and watch from your kitchen window as the squirrels congregate for a…
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At Home: Busting 10 reasons we cling to stuff we don’t need
The start of a new year, as we come off a season of over consumption, is the ideal time to harness those feelings of guilty excess and summon the resolve to lighten up. If we are ever going to cut through the clutter that has accumulated in our closets, drawers, cupboards and garages, this is…
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At Home: Hang up your pride and let the pros hang the holiday lights
One of my core beliefs is that you can learn everything you need to know about a man by the way he handles a string of Christmas lights. When confronted with tangled cords, burned-out bulbs and hanging hassles, does he joyfully whistle “Deck the Halls,” or does he get red-faced, start swearing, and send the…
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At Home: Odors be gone! Air purifiers help clear the air
Until recently, I was blissfully breathing, unaware of the microscopic particles — the dust mites, dander, pollen, mold, viruses, pet smells, germs, cooking odors, twelfth-hand smoke and who knows what else — lurking under my nose. Then, as I was researching last week’s column, in which I dusted up a fuss about pet fur and…
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At Home: Seven steps to styling your bed like a pro
Some things I will never understand. One of them is minimal bedding. I see these modern and contemporary homes that parade their restraint like a badge of pride. Why, oh why would anyone want a spare, streamlined minimalist bed, with their lean lines, trim pillows and stingy covers? Whenever I see beds like these in…