Front Range Food Gardener

for fruit and vegetable gardeners along Colorado's Front Range

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Hard freeze strikes late

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When the first widespread freeze finally came, it froze hard. Officially it was 20 degrees F at 6:30 a.m. at DIA. Considering the average fi...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Pumpkin hints

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Many pumpkins seemed to mature early this year due to September heat. Pumpkins should be kept on the vines as long as possible IF the vines ...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Saving seed

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The desire to save seed is understandable particularly for people growing heirloom vegetables. It gives you more of a connection with plants...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Reflecting on garden efforts

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Warm weather lingers but plants are responding to signals that days are shortening. Summer squash plants that used to produce a fruit a day ...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Colorado’s fickle climate

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A few weather observations this week. The Colorado climate never ceases to amaze me. September 19 and 20 had record highs for those dates, 9...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Harvesting and storing pumpkins

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Harvesting pumpkins seems pretty easy – wait until orange and detach from vine. It is and isn’t that easy depending on how long you want to ...
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Carl Wilson
Denver, CO, United States
Carl is a speaker, freelance writer and plant consultant working in the Denver area. He is retired from Colorado State University Extension as the long-time horticulturist in Denver. Contact him about programs on vegetables, fruit, perennials, urban landscapes and more. carlwilson@q.com
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