Andrea’s Garden Blog

While Denver gets a late season snow, I look fondly to my collection of growing seedlings to give me the hope of spring days yet to come.

Many of the seedlings are fast outgrowing the small incubator-looking window boxes I originally planted the seeds in nearly 7 weeks ago. Some seedlings aren’t doing as well as others. Some never did sprout at all. Such is life.

I think I’ll need to replant many of them into more soil soon, giving them an additional growing boost before it’s time to plant them outside. There’s still about 3-4 weeks before I can even THINK about outdoor plantings for these little dudes.

I thought I would give you a look at what everything looks like today.

Tags: basil, coleus, denver, seedlings, snow, spring

It’s funny to think about, but your choice in gardening gloves can make a big difference in your overall ‘green’ experience. After all, how many of you like dirt under your fingernails and blisters on your palms?
The solution to this problem is multi-sue gloves for gardening. The more time you spend getting down and dirty in the garden, the more you need them. But there are other considerations beside dirt. Here are other gardening chores that may require gloves to protect your hands:

Building Retaining Walls
If you’ve ever done any heavy landscape construction, then you know that it is one of the fastest ways to tear up your hands. Lifting and lugging several hundred bricks or blocks can rip your skin to shreds. You will need to consider getting gloves for… Continue reading the rest of this article...

Tags: gardening, gloves