Tag: Landscape
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Year-round gardening: Alternatives to Kentucky bluegrass for Colorado lawns
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about replacing a lawn with lower-water alternatives. So, you’ve removed part or all of your thirsty Kentucky bluegrass lawn and need to replace it with something else … but what? Maybe you’ve removed the turf on a slope or grass in a parking strip or…
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Western cities are already learning to live with less water
Urban areas in the West and water districts are working to conserve water from the Colorado River Basin as it continues to face its driest 22-year stretch in more than 100 years. (Video by Skyler Ballard) { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “Tipping Point: Urban Demands on the Colorado River”, “description”: “Urban areas in the…
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Aurora’s Metco Landscape to lay off hundreds of workers
Aurora-based Metco Landscape is apparently going out of business, and on Monday filed a notice with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office that it will lay off hundreds of workers in its Denver metro area and Colorado Springs offices. The California investment firm that owns the 35-year Denver area landscaping company said Tuesday it’s in…
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Year-Round Gardening: Dealing with deer is ongoing challenge
Outsmarting the deer that love to eat our plants and damage our trees is one of our many gardening challenges in Colorado. Many strategies exist for discouraging deer, but no one solution will work for every homeowner. Gardeners might have to try different options to find the optimum strategy for deterring deer in their landscape.…