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
I’d love to be able to tell you that if we work long enough and hard enough, one day we’ll eradicate Japanese beetles from the Colorado Front Range. I can’t tell you that because according to the experts, it won’t happen. The beetles are here to stay. That doesn’t mean
A great way to bring your senses alive this summer is to grow herbs.. lots of herbs, and you don’t need an elaborate garden to do it! There are plenty of herbs that are right at home in containers. Your deck, patio, or balcony can become an herbal oasis… a
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
With Halloween just around the corner, Tagawa Gardens is all dressed up and ready for our annual Pumpkin Festival. If it’s good family fun you’re after, you can choose from a long list of ticketed activities that celebrate the season: pumpkin decorating, air tattoos, big bubbles that let you walk
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
One of my favorite things about gardening in my back yard is listening to the buzz of the bees as they come and go from the flowers or the bird bath, where they’ve stopped for a drink. I’m a beekeeper, so the bees I hear and see most often are
There are so many reasons to consider gardening in raised beds. Let’s consider a few of them, and see if gardening above the ground might make sense for you! You can pick your location Gardening in beds is great… as long as the location of the beds gives your plants what
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
As we plan for our summer garden, we should also think about the insects that may be gardening with us… both the “good” bugs and the “bad” bugs. Perhaps the baddest of the bad lately is the Japanese beetle. A lot of insect pests run in cycles…. heavier some seasons….
