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Thriving Plants, All Year Long
Thriving Plants, All Year Long
Master greenhouse gardening For years my daily walks would take me past backyard greenhouse. In winter, I was drawn to...
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Welcome to Colorado Country Life’s Gardening Guide. Your Resource for Growing Success at Home!

A thriving garden starts right at home, and Colorado Country Life is here to help you cultivate success! Our Gardening Guide is your go-to section for expert advice, seasonal planting tips, and creative ideas to make your garden flourish in Colorado’s unique climate. Whether you’re a seasoned green thumb or just starting out, we have everything you need to grow a beautiful and productive outdoor space.

From selecting the best plants for Colorado’s soil to water-wise gardening techniques and DIY landscaping projects, we provide practical, easy-to-follow guidance for gardeners of all levels. Learn how to keep your flowers blooming, your vegetables thriving, and your yard looking its best throughout the seasons.

Dig in and explore new ways to grow, harvest, and enjoy the beauty of gardening—Colorado style!

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Variegated Plants
Variegated Plants
Variegated plants are hard to resist with their strikingly colorful leaves. Patterns are created in stripes, speckles, dots, and delicately trimmed edges. There are so many different colors and patterns, it’s hard to choose among them. There’s no limit to...
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Hydroponics: Bring Water to Life
Hydroponics: Bring Water to Life
Ask anyone familiar with hydroponic gardening and they are likely to tell you it’s the wave of the future. As the world’s population increases and pressure on Earth’s resources is pushed toward the extreme, hydroponics offers a sustainable alternative. Hydroponic...
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Allium Amore
Allium Amore
I’ve always loved science, so when a high school counselor encouraged me to take Latin, I agreed. It was the common language for scientific work in the Middle Ages and was used to name species of organisms. In the 18th...
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Feeding Your Garden with Kitchen Scraps
Feeding Your Garden with Kitchen Scraps
Did you know the Environmental Protection Agency estimates consumers in the United States generate over 4 pounds of trash per day on average? That’s nearly 1,500 pounds each year. Even more stunning is how much of that waste is food....
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Palisade Peaches and Planting Your Own Fruit Trees
Palisade Peaches and Planting Your Own Fruit Trees
I learned at a young age that the best peaches in the world are grown in Palisade. Every August our family hit the road to continue our exploration of the West. Every time we’d pass through Palisade, we would load...
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Reblooming Perennials – Garden beauty all season long
Reblooming Perennials – Garden beauty all season long
Perennials that add beauty year after year are preferred plants for my yard. I think of them as the gifts that keep on giving. Not only do they perform faithfully every year, they often bloom over and over during their...
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