Are our summer heatwave and the smoke from the forest fires in the Pacific Northwest prompting you to spend a little less time outdoors this summer? That’s my excuse for not keeping as close an eye on my yard and garden as I usually do. So now, I’m playing catch-up
Japanese beetles may be the most hated insect in our Colorado gardens, and now is the time to brace for their summer invasion. They’re beautiful little creatures in their way…. about half-an-inch long, have shiny metallic emerald green bodies with bronze wings, but that’s as far as the admiration goes. Japanese beetles
As summer begins, the frenzy of getting our gardens up and running should be easing a bit. That makes this a good time to start playing detective. What problems are you seeing in your landscape? Are they serious or just a nuisance? And what should you do to take care
I have quite the rogue’s gallery of tomato issues this year. In my own defense, I grow a lot of tomatoes. Twenty-three plants, to be exact. For a household of two. But that’s another story. With so many plants, maybe it’s not all that surprising that I also have a variety of
It’s been a rough summer for the tomatoes in my garden. Record-setting heat has caused a lot of the problems. With so many weeks of 90 degrees and up, many of the blossoms on my plants failed. The heat damages the pollen and the flower simply drops off, leaving behind
