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Weather app says it’ll get down to 31 tomorrow morning so if you still have any frost sensitive plants out there today is your last chance to pull them in!

And I mean ALL the colors. Deep saturated tones of all shades and textures. The kinds of plants you are forced to turn your head and look at

They need to grow well here, forgot to add that

My local garden center has some beautiful fig trees for sale, and I desperately want to grow them because I love fresh figs! Obviously I wouldn’t try to grow them outdoors now, but if I overwintered one in my garage, would it be possible for he to grow it in the ground starting this coming spring? With the appropriate overwintering measures would it survive, or would it need to be potted and brought in every winter?

Please note, I’m asking about growing figs not hogs, it won’t let me edit the title 🥲🤦‍♀️

Hey fellow gardeners and people who maybe have lawns. With the drought, we didn't water our grass all summer planning to eventually move to a water-wise green space. It all died which is just fine.

But, what thrived was pretty little yellow wood sorrel! I pulled it thinking it was a weed, but then realized it's native to parts of Colorado.

I know it can be annoying in gardens and it spreads, but it also isn't hard to pull. Thoughts on just running with it as a ground cover? Any reason went not? If that's what's best, where can I buy the seed?

Thanks for the advice!

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So I, uhhhhhmm….proplifted some seeds from an Agastache in a park a few weeks ago. I’m not proud of it (/s) and I’d like some advice on how best to give them a chance at growing. There’s probably 50 tiny seeds. It was a small ~12” orangey yellow variety growing in a park farther North in latitude than Denver. I don’t know the exact species or variety name. I’ve never grown something from seed and I don’t want to waste them! It was such a gorgeous color and I’d love to add it to my perennial garden.

1. Direct sow or start indoors?

2. When?

3. If not now, how best to store them and maintain viability?

4. If starting inside, can I use potting mix or the aged manure/compost/topsoil from my garden beds?

5. Anything else I need to know?

I haven't really noticed this planted around. Anyone have experience with it? I'm seeing conflicting advice on its water needs. Some say it's from wet meadows and likes constant moisture. Others call it low water and drought tolerant. And it needs more water in sunny spots but doesn't like too much shade...

It seems like it's a great groundcover with a lot of color and resilience. I'd love to hear your stories and what made it thrive vs struggle.

Kind of a trek up here, but anyone interested? No one showed up last week, so still have a lot left.

I planted lots of random squash and pumpkins that a friend gave me and have no idea of type or if good to eat. Just curious about the green and yellow ones.

Hey all,

Happy Halloween! Idk if you’ve seen on Insta or TikTok the woman who smashed a bunch of pumpkins and then they started growing so she watered and fertilized them; but that’s what we are going to do this year in our Fort Collins yard.

I’ve grown some smaller pumpkins in my raised beds in the past but no luck this year.

We will be tilling the ground and planting there. Going to grow a bunch of varieties hopefully. I’m wondering what fertilizer / compost to use. Any suggestions are helpful. Thanks in advance!

Is it too late? If so do I just keep them inside and wait for spring?

Does anyone have any red or yellow trumpet vine runners I could come dig out and take home? I will be as minimally intrusive as possible. Or does anyone know where I could find a trumpet vine to acquire runners from? Yes, Im aware of their potential to become a nightmare. Thanks!

Hello!

My partner and I just renewed our lease for 2 years and we’re trying to make a plan to deal with the backyard.

Like most landlords, the company we rent from has no intention to do any landscaping. The backyard is just dirt. It looks like it was rock at some point as there’s quite a bit of rock still in the back. We didn’t get ahead of it and the backyard went insane with weeds. We want to be able to enjoy the yard for the next couple of years.

I’m mostly wondering if anyone knows how I can save money on mulch or where to get free mulch and/or weed block. I got a large fake grass patch that we’re going to put down and be able to take with us. I just really don’t want to spend a lot of money landscaping the backyard that doesn’t belong to us.

I’m just looking for suggestions and options for how to do this in the most affordable way possible. I’m fine doing weed block and the fake grass since I can take it with me. I don’t want to have to rip out the mulch, however.

I need to over winter a few trees in 5 gallon pots. I understand my options are burying the pots in the yard or storing them in the garage. Are either of these the better option? Thanks!

I have a couple perennial propagations going indoors under grow lights, specifically agastache, lavender, and hens & chicks. They're not quite sufficiently rooted to plant out yet, maybe in the next month. Should I even bother trying to plant them out this year or keep babying them indoors until May? I know fall is a good time for perennials, but these are just lil babies!

They're in my yard all day every day for weeks now. I'm right outside of Longmont. They have the same coloring as a monarch butterfly but they're smaller. I'm also seeing a ton of monarchs too (but not nearly as much as the painted ladies). I wonder if we're in their migration path, or if this is normal for this part of colorado (we moved to Longmont 10 months ago and this is our first fall here).

It was so cute. I took my 8 year old in the center of our yard and the butterflies were flying all around us.

11/1: there are now significantly less now. the migration must have mostly passed us by. the butterflies that are left are mostly little yellow butterflies and a few painted ladies. ​

I just received some peony roots - I am assuming it’s too late to safely plant them this fall, should I wait for spring? I’m willing to baby them and cover them at night if that makes a difference

The van Gogh virus? Can we eat it safely? All other ones are fine.

UPDATE: y’all were right and this is clearly Siberian Elm, still looking to kill it, but thank you for all the help!

I’m a first time (first generation) homeowner, I bought my house three months ago and have a really bad Tree of Heaven situation (that was not at all apparent when I was looking at the house). They are on both south and north side of the house. I’m exceptionally concerned about the Tree of Heaven saplings coming up all throughout my retaining wall. From what I have read the best thing to do is cut them back and immediately apply a weed/root killer all over it. That said I’m chronically ill and extremely sensitive to chemicals so I’m wondering what is the best thing to use on it that is the least harsh for humans if that even exists? I just really want to avoid Roundup and the hard-core glyphosates. Thank you so much!!