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Can or freeze your excess tomatoes

For many of us, gardens produce abundant quantities of tomatoes. There can be too much to eat, and when we start getting sores in our mouths, we know it’s time to stop. But what ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Apples: From Asia to Buckley Park

The apple. Malus spp. The fruit, synonymous with fall, school teachers Newton’s universal law of gravity, has a past much more storied than what many Americans believed started with Johnny A...

DATE: Oct 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

‘Code of the West’ can serve county’s 4-H’ers

The recent storms have caused considerable damage to our great state of Colorado. My thoughts and well wishes go out to all the victims and people affected by the destructive weather. ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

When using the proper recipe, natural cleaners are effective

Homemade cleaners are surfacing more frequently as we are put off by chemicals in our lives. Often touted as natural, eco-friendly and less expensive, safe cleaning can be serio...

DATE: Sep 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Feeling ‘bleh’ about your garden? Plant some bulbs

I enjoy watching my landscape change with the months of the year – bulbs in the spring, flowering shrubs and trees in the early summer, perennials throughout the summer and the vegetable gar...

DATE: Sep 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Celebrate Neighborhood Days with friends

La Plata County is celebrating Neighborhood Days. Neighborhood Days provide our communities the opportunity to meet, reconnect and strengthen the bonds neighbors have with each other. This i...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Time to prepare to preserve tomatoes

“Este paratus.” While we horticulturists sometimes like to wax Latin with our binomial nomenclature, this is not the genus and species of some exotic plant. It translates as “be prepared.” ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

When canning, adjust recipe for altitude

Gardens are now producing because of the monsoon season, and many gardeners are preserving their produce. After seeing many of the canning entries at fairs in La Plata, Montezuma...

DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

4-H volunteers, participants make a leader proud

Volunteers are the heart of 4-H. Each year, I am continually grateful and appreciative for the hard work and dedication the La Plata County 4-H volunteers exhibit. This wonderful...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Celebrate our heritage, culture at the fair

Hour two into an eight-hour flight, leg one of a three-leg day. Isn’t flying fun? Airlines have taught us that if we actually wind up at our final destination, close to being on t...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

80:20 rule: A simple path to health

Well, now, who would have expected it? Eating more produce and certain grains may help prevent the development of multiple chronic diseases. This is the conclusion from a study i...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Choose your college major carefully; it will affect student-loan repayment

Go to college to gain knowledge and become a better human being. Do what you love, and the money will follow. In today’s world, this dream needs a little substance. The right coll...

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office