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Celebrating success, learning from failure in the garden

August is the time of year that can greatly determine your successes from your failures. This past month, for example, the garden was basking in some holdover moisture from July. But the wea...

DATE: Sep 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Pay attention to pollinators for your entire gardening season

Sometimes, all it takes for an article idea is a simple inquiry from a gardener. Usually, that starts with the phrase, “What the heck is (enter inquiry here)?” •What is eating all my spinach...

DATE: Aug 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Elm seed bugs can be a major nuisance pest

Plenty of stories, or article ideas, come from the phrase “I made the mistake of opening Facebook … ” Monday was no different. On one of the local pages was a photo of an inconspicuous insec...

DATE: Aug 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Our doors are open to new beginnings and to you

We are back. I mean, we never left, really. But like so many other businesses and offices, we took our extended break from doors being open, choosing to work remotely from our teenager’s roo...

DATE: Jul 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

For your garden vegetables, June can be the harshest month

Even though it has absolutely nothing to do with horticulture, my daughter, Elena, graduated from Durango High School on May 29 as part of the Class of 2021. Her name first popped up here i...

DATE: Jun 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Get your gardening game plan together and dig in

For many gardeners, like myself, springtime is that opportunity to rub some sleep out of our eyes, sharpen our tools, do a couple of stretches on a mat calling it yoga and start getting our ...

DATE: May 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

An explanation for that feeling of insatiable hunger

When was the last time you asked yourself what drives your appetite? Never, that’s my guess. It’s just an automatic response we take for granted. For most, the transition from sat...

DATE: Apr 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Livestock weigh-in sets course toward La Plata County Fair

Last weekend, we had our Market Beef Weigh-in at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, where 31 4-H and FFA members brought their animals to get tagged, tattooed and weighed. In total...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

The chef and dietitian: Make the best of both worlds

A chef and a dietitian walk into a bar ... From the beginning of our relationship, which just so happened to start while working in a bar, Sean and I have always found a common in...

DATE: Mar 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Time to sow: How to get your seeds growing indoors

I hope many of you heeded my call last month to start buying your seeds. I ended up finding some of the varieties of vegetables I like to grow through online seed vendors; I boug...

DATE: Mar 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

4-H Pledge provides inspiration to live by high standards

Before every 4-H meeting and event, we start by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and our 4-H Pledge. This past week, I was asked to meet with one of our local 4-H clubs and disc...

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

A long walk inspires plans for a week of meals

According to my calculations, over the past 11 months, we’ve prepared about 980 meals at home. Three meals a day, every day. If I could tally the countless requests for snacks, I would. ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office