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People get scared when it comes to pruning, and I’m not sure why. I’ve done some pruning one-on-one with homeowners. I tell them to take about 30 percent of the live wood out of their backyard...
DATE: April 4, 2019 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
February was a bit snowy. My Facebook page is inundated with photos of “Snowpocalypse” and “Snowmageddon” – kids jumping off roofs, walls of the white stuff bracketing the driveway, dogs getting...
DATE: March 4, 2019 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
We all have our favorites – favorite pet, favorite car, and heck, even favorite child (don’t worry kids, I love all of you. Most of the time …). In the kitchen, I would be hard-pressed to think of...
DATE: Feb. 1, 2019 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The snow finally fell. My shoulders are sore from shoveling, the downstairs mudroom smells like wet coats and hats and boots, and my gloves have the odor of gasoline from refilling the snowblower....
DATE: Jan. 7, 2019 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Over the past 10 years, I’ve written a couple of articles about Christmas trees and the role they play in the Parmenter family. Yes, there were years when we left our tree up well into late...
DATE: Dec. 2, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I fully realize how stepping into the garden this time of year can be a challenge – like waking up at 6:30 a.m. with the sky pitch black, buying carrots from the grocery store and not the farmers...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Former Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote about America’s pastime: “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when...
DATE: Oct. 5, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
I’m a fan of September – if it had an Instagram page, I would follow it; a Facebook site, I would like it. The cool mornings, afternoons in the 80s and nights with open windows make up for the...
DATE: Sept. 3, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
You look for bright spots. No matter what you have happening in your life, you look for those times, those people or those moments when a bit of sunshine can make a world of difference. As Brandi...
DATE: Aug. 6, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
It would be pretty easy to write another article about the drought. As someone who deals with plants on a daily basis, I have seen the effects of this drought on trees, shrubs, lawns, weeds,...
DATE: July 9, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and...
DATE: June 25, 2018 | COLUMN: Get Growing
I am sick of this wind, and I don’t even have hair. It’s not uncommon to have blustery days in April, but as we enter June, I always thought they would start to die down. But not this year – the...
DATE: June 4, 2018 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
