Using Permaculture Principles to Design a West-Facing Garden ‘The Problem is the Solution…’ Permaculture Principle 1: Observe & Interact When I started working toward a garden on Saulsbury street, a few challenges were already very obvious. First, the front yard garden is west-facing and that means it gets the sunniest and hottest weather conditions (which […]
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What is the Strangest Thing in the Garden? The garden attracts all kinds of creatures large and small. Weeds you have never seen before. Rats, mice, skunks, possums, and raccoons. Insects of all kinds. Beetles, worms, spiders, pill bugs, earwigs, bees, wasps, and more! By far, the strangest thing in the garden is an organism
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The Newest Addition to the Garden … Purple Robe Locust –Controversial? Yes, I know, but hear me out. My back yard is east facing, but quite hot in the summer due to not having any trees near the house. This is great for solar panels, but not so great for human habitation in the warm
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When I first came to wheat Ridge, I used to worry about the cold for my garden and focused on finding cold tolerant trees and plants. But now that I have been here for 15 years of gardening, I think the heat is actually more of a challenge, especially for the vegetables and fruits. Wheat Ridge’s highest recorded day temperature is 103F (for Denver it is 105F). There were 103F temps recorded in June of 1990 and 2012 and in July of 1989 and 1990. Those seem to be our peak max temp events thus far, however, it is fairly typical each year for us to have a few or several days over 100 degrees (2024 had 6 days, 2012 had 13)!
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Fresh Mulch – Food for Worms Has Arrived! I just received a new pile of mulch for the garden! This is always an exciting day because mulch is the number one thing that ensures I have premium soil for my garden. And it’s not only because of the mulch acting alone. You see, the mulch
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