READ IT
Standout greenery
Flowers are fleeting. They bloom, show off a bit and leave you longing. But leaves are in it for the long haul. “Foliage” (Storey, $35 hardcover, $24.95 paper) is dedicated to the shades, goemetry and showmanship of the green stuff. Rob Cardillo’s attractive photography is accompanied by Nancy J. Ondra’s good advice on where and how to use plants in the garden.
BUY IT
Hot tomato
Perfect for Colorado’s short growing season, the 2007 Tomato Ultimate Opener Hybrid matures in 57 days. Developed by the breeder of Early Girl and Better Boy tomatoes, Ultimate Opener promises to have high yields of blemish-free fruit with a sweet, juicy flavor. $2.25 for 20 seeds, totallytomato.com.
– Vicky Uhland
READER TIP
Better, and safer, than poison
This week’s tip is from Sandy Landberg of Arvada.
We were using expensive poison on weeds that kept coming up in our gravel driveway. After quickly going through several bottles, we switched to generic white vinegar. We just refilled our poison spray bottle.
Guess what? The results were just as good, if not better. We don’t worry now about pets and wild life, and save money.
It’s best to go out early on a sunny day to do your spraying. It also keeps grass out of our flagstone path.
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E-mail your good ideas to Grow@denverpost.com. We’ll print the best ones and give the tipster a pair of Sloggys garden clogs, courtesy of Sloggers Garden Outfitters.
