Apr 05, 2018 02:59AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Spring has sprung, and she invigorates us with color and light. After a dry and mild winter on the Western Slope, we are returning to our ga...
Mar 01, 2018 05:20PM ● By Paige Slaughter
We participate in Nature’s rhythm through gardening.Rather than watch the seasons go by, observing weather changes and admiring transforming...
Feb 27, 2018 04:57PM ● By BEACON Senior News
This eight-session series covers many important aspects of gardening in the Uncompahgre Valley. Each session will concentrate on a different...
Jan 30, 2018 12:13AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Gardening is one of the few areas of life in which we get to build upon labors of the past and start anew.In last month’s column, we reimagi...
Dec 05, 2017 11:51PM ● By Paige Slaughter
As gardeners, we play alongside Nature, taking turns sculpting the landscape and cultivating life. When winter comes around, we get cozy, cu...
Oct 31, 2017 11:58PM ● By Paige Slaughter
Once you’ve tasted freshly picked produce, it’s hard to settle for anything less. Our bodies know the difference between a tomato just off t...
Oct 04, 2017 01:26PM ● By Paige Slaughter
Maybe I’m the odd one, but I just can’t seem to wrap my head around raking up leaves, stuffing them into a big black garbage bag and setting...
Oct 04, 2017 01:25PM ● By Jan Weeks
By now you may be asking yourself, “Where the heck did summer go?”Summer in western Colorado tends to linger well into October. We may have ...
Aug 28, 2017 02:32PM ● By Paige Slaughter
Summer is fading and fall is creeping in. We’re canning, pickling and drying. We’re eating tomatoes with every meal, cooking squashes and ...
Jul 31, 2017 11:04AM ● By Paige Slaughter
Between farmers markets, local farm stands and backyard gardens, our area is bursting with fresh produce. There’s nothing like some Olathe...
Jul 06, 2017 10:58PM ● By Melanie Wiseman
Rick Kenagy gets up each day asking himself two questions: What am I going to grow today? Who am I going to teach to grow food today? Kenagy...
Oct 04, 2016 11:03AM ● By Cheryl Hardy
A few months from now, you’ll look outside your kitchen window to see a blizzard of snow falling on the already snow packed and frozen groun...
