Author: Colleen Smith
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Dandelions get yellow light in Denver
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Denver’s rainy spring delivered a bumper crop of blossoms — including dandelions. And whether by intention or neglect, dandelions took root in the Mile High City. Dandelions are fine and dandy to some people. Organic gardeners cultivate dandelions for food, medicine, even wine-making. Other people loathe dandelions as the bane of the growing season, a…
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Denver woman safeguards world coffee crops
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Attached • COFFEE GRAPHIC • PHOTOS OF SARADA and coffee beans – would be great to run a photo of coffee plants, if possibleWhat if your morning coffee were no longer available? Coffee — America’s most popular beverage — could be in hot water, so to speak. Grown only in limited tropical locales around the…
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Fiddler’s Green goes greener with major overhaul
Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village will go greener with $5 million in improvements. Demolition of parts of the amphitheater started Tuesday. The renovation is scheduled to be complete by May 15, according to Cynthia Madden Leitner, CEO of the Museum of Outdoor Arts, which owns the facility. Earlier this year, the museum signed a…