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On June 9 and 10, something amazing is going to happen here in Durango. No, it has nothing to do with the end of road construction, the opening of another hotel or the start of some...
DATE: June 1, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
This past month, I have become pretty intimate with my neighborhood on the southside of Durango. After going through back surgery in early April, my primary means of exercise has been my own two...
DATE: May 4, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Last month, I wrote about ample space in the landscape, a luxury (or detriment depending on your interests) that many of us wish we had. I had some suggestions for large trees that could work if...
DATE: April 3, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
If I ever have questions about ornamental plant selection, I’m not afraid to ask others for their opinions. I’m a vegetable kind of guy, and the edibles tend to be in my horticultural wheelhouse....
DATE: March 1, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
The short days and long nights leave many of us in Southwest Colorado yearning for something: more powder and more turns, a long-lasting snowpack to fill our rivers this spring and summer or the...
DATE: Feb. 2, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Author and philosopher Albert Camus once wrote: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Because Camus was a philosopher, I can only assume that...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2017 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
In Southwest Colorado, our coldest months are fast approaching. Allow me to remind you: In December 2015, we had 11 nights that registered below zero at the airport; January had 14 nights that...
DATE: Nov. 30, 2016 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Come November, I traditionally write the “end of the year” or “season in review” column. I lament on the dry winter, the cold spring, the brutally hot summer and even the sneaky end-of-the-season...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2016 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
When my family and I decided to move back to Durango a little more than four years ago, I didn’t quite know what to expect. My most recent background was in commercial vegetable production (imagine...
DATE: July 27, 2011 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
Gardening in Southwest Colorado is frequently challenging. We have deer, pocket gophers and voles. There can be frosts in June and September and rains that come down in sheets or just seem to...
DATE: April 6, 2011 | COLUMN: Get Growing
Once upon a time, I worked in restaurants. I washed dishes at the Palace Restaurant, cleared tables at now-closed Father Murphy’s, and was a waiter and cook at Gazpacho’s. Then while in Montana, I...
DATE: Sept. 8, 2010 | COLUMN: From the Extension Office
In honor of those who participated in the 2010 La Plata County Fair, here are some suggestions of things that you can do to support the local food economy. b Plant a garden and grow as much of your...
DATE: Aug. 18, 2010 | COLUMN: Get Growing
