Tag: home and garden
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How to maximize the space in your dining room
DO Do use a round table in smaller spaces. If you have a dining space that may not be clearly defined such as a living and dining room combination, a round table will help maximize space. Do keep colors light and neutral. We often forget that white is a color and can allow for negative…
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How to maximize the space in your dining room
DO Do use a round table in smaller spaces. If you have a dining space that may not be clearly defined such as a living and dining room combination, a round table will help maximize space. Do keep colors light and neutral. We often forget that white is a color and can allow for negative…
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Grow your own salad
By Kim Snowdon, Colorado Master Gardener “Lettuce celebrate the goodness of greens!” — author unknown Cool-season salad greens are an easy garden crop for your raised bed or a container on your patio. A vegetable is considered a cool-season crop if it thrives in temperatures between 50 degrees and 70 degrees. And there’s nothing more…
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Grow your own salad
By Kim Snowdon, Colorado Master Gardener “Lettuce celebrate the goodness of greens!” — author unknown Cool-season salad greens are an easy garden crop for your raised bed or a container on your patio. A vegetable is considered a cool-season crop if it thrives in temperatures between 50 degrees and 70 degrees. And there’s nothing more…
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Tips for saving water in dry year
By Kim Snowdon, Colorado Master Gardener “When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.” — Benjamin Franklin Colorado set lots of precipitation records last winter, and most were bad from a gardening standpoint. Record-low snowpack and record-high temperatures mean the region is likely facing strict water restrictions this summer. Many communities have…
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Tips for saving water in dry year
By Kim Snowdon, Colorado Master Gardener “When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.” — Benjamin Franklin Colorado set lots of precipitation records last winter, and most were bad from a gardening standpoint. Record-low snowpack and record-high temperatures mean the region is likely facing strict water restrictions this summer. Many communities have…
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Phelan Gardens continues to blossom as a Springs business
4955 Austin Bluffs Parkwayphelangardens.com From a small greenhouse in Knob Hill neighborhood sprouted a gardening business that’s been in operation for more than 40 years. Phelan Gardens, a locally owned plant and gardening center, has been supplying Colorado Springs customers with an array of greens since 1981. The center is open year-round and offers everything…
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Gigantic Plant Sale returns to Colorado Springs: What to know before you go
Follow the scent of fresh soil and blooming roses, and you’ll find yourself in the heart of one of Colorado Springs’ most beloved garden traditions. For more than 60 years, the Horticultural Art Society of Colorado Springs has been cultivating not just plants, but a community. While maintaining multiple public gardens, the society transforms Monument…
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The Springs Home Show connects local homeowners with experts
It usually starts with something small: a leaky roof, an outdated kitchen or a backyard that never quite feels finished. Then come the questions: Who do I call? How much will it cost? Where do I even begin? For homeowners in Colorado Springs, that process doesn’t have to stretch over weeks of research and DIY…
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Bird Call: Bye-bye social media, hello eBird
I’ve recently embarked on Operation: Regrow My Attention Span. My protocol includes eschewing all Meta-owned social media for an undetermined length of time. Fare thee well, book of face and the other one where we once scrolled through pretty photos, but now only see the filtered faces of influencers hawking Amazon junk. Exit social media,…