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Southwest Life
Nicole Clark
Position: La Plata County Extension Office
Angela Fountain
Position: La Plata County Extension Office

So, what’s bugging you this spring?

Most of us get very excited as the days get longer and the plants are greener, and spring is officially warming our hearts as well as our skin. But we all notice that with a warming to our h...

Emergency preparation is a proactive approach during drought

If you’re a glass-half-full kind of person, you’ll appreciate knowing this isn’t the driest year to date in La Plata County. However, in the last 131 years, it is the 10th driest. Thus, it m...

Celebrating our 2025 4-H Scholarship winners

The 4-H program is proud to recognize four outstanding youths who have been awarded this year’s 4-H scholarships. These young leaders have demonstrated hard work, dedication and a commitment...

Walking tours fill the need for fun, physical activity

Having grown up in Colorado, four seasons is the norm. With the smell of lilacs, the sight of baby animals and the sound of birds, we finally spring free of cold, short winter days. No wonde...

Time to plan and prepare those gardens

April showers bring May flowers is not the song we sing here in the Four Corners, or anywhere in the Southwest. I check the weather every day, just for the fun of seeing if it is the same re...

4-H is empowering the next generation of extraordinary women

I’m so thankful to have been nominated for the Extraordinary Woman award given by the Women’s Resource Center every March. Myself and two other amazing women were chosen as the 2025 winners....

Low cost, good for you food – what can it include?

If memory serves, the last big surge in food costs was around the pandemic. Some indications suggest the potential for another food price increase, especially for produce. How unfortunate; i...

Fight the urge to plant those tomato seeds

When the temperature reaches 71 degrees toward the end of March, it has a very profound effect on our psyche, and if you are a plant person like me, then it influences our desire to plant th...

Choose to feed your mind with positive body image

If you’re expecting a lecture on the importance of eating fruits and vegetables for National Nutrition Month, you’re in for a surprise! It’s true, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals (anti...

La Plata County 4-H gears up for an exciting year of travel and learning

La Plata County 4-H members are set for a year of extraordinary experiences, embarking on journeys that promise to shape their futures and broaden their horizons. From competing on the natio...

Seeds, seeds, everywhere seeds!

You must forgive me for getting ahead of myself, but when the sky is this blue and the air is over 60 degrees, all I want to do is sit on the porch in sandals and peruse the seed catalogs th...

Say goodbye to one artificial food dye – here’s why

Color signaling has long provided us with visual clues about what to eat and what not to eat. Food dressed in fuzzy black and blue mold? No, thank you. Red meat fading to dull brown? Merely ...