Betty Cahill

Betty Cahill speaks and writes about gardening in the Rocky Mountain Region. Visit her site at for even more gardening tips.

Crocuses can be a reliable wake-up call for when to start a garden cleanup.

Punch List: Warm up for the things you should be doing in your garden in the first week of April

March 30, 2018 at 12:13 a.m.

Gardening is good for your mind, soul and your body, too. On average gardeners burn between 200 to 300 calories per hour while working outdoors. If you鈥檙e digging or doing...

Garden centers have plenty of cool-season transplants right now.

Drought in spring? It’s possible. Here’s how to prepare your yard for drought in Colorado and beyond

March 16, 2018 at 4:33 p.m.

This week's Punch List covers how to care for your yard in a drought (even in the spring) and planting vegetables.

These are 6 week old Belleza Pink Gaura flower seedlings growing at Tagawa Gardens on February 6, 2017 in Centennial, Colorado. Tagawa Gardens' garden advisor Linda Larsen, who is also a master gardener and bee keeper, goes through a step by step process on how to begin the process of cultivating seeds to plants for your summer garden.

Time to re-pot houseplants, start some seeds for your Colorado garden

March 3, 2018 at 10:08 a.m.

This week's Punch List includes a how-to on re-potting houseplants and which seeds to start for your garden.

Tillandsia, or air plants, are the easiest of easy-care houseplants.

Make a low-maintenance garden in a glass with these plants that thrive inside

February 1, 2018 at 6:02 p.m.

Scratch the winter gardening itch by making a tiny terrarium garden in a glass dish with air plants, succulents and other dwarf plants -- or invest in an indoor citrus...

Gardeners should check seed inventories and buy seeds now -- they sell out quickly. (Betty Cahill, Special to The Denver Post)

Five resolutions for Colorado gardeners in the new year

January 5, 2018 at 4:18 p.m.

January is a good time to peruse and plan for the upcoming year of gardening.

Wheatgrass at Friends Trading Company in ...

Micro-greens in the winter

December 28, 2017 at 5:10 p.m.

With a little aftercare, seasonal plants provide continuous enjoyment.

You’re kissing under a parasite and other fun facts about your favorite holiday plants

December 16, 2017 at 8:22 p.m.

This week: The poinsettia's strange journey to being a Christmas plant, pine cones that aren't pine cones and the parasitic tendencies of the mistletoe.

Thadeas Moroz, right, his mother Diana and his younger brother Tim shop for a Christmas tree at Big M Christmas Trees in Boulder.

How to choose and care for a real Christmas tree

November 30, 2017 at 4:02 p.m.

Pick the right Christmas tree and care for it well to make it last through the end of the holidays.

If you're not comfortable with decorating your house yourself, hire a professional. Here, Chris Wilson places lights and decorations atop a tree at Festival Park in Castle Rock.

Where to recycle old holiday lights, how to put together festive containers and other outdoor decorating tips

November 17, 2017 at 4:43 p.m.

Where to recycle your old holiday lights in Denver, how to put festive containers together with pine boughs and other tasks to tackle in your garden over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Before winter settles in, check straps on newly planted trees to make sure they aren't pinching branches or the trunk.

How to wrap young trees for winter and when to start amaryllis bulbs for Christmas bloom

November 3, 2017 at 6:00 a.m.

How to wrap young trees for winter, when to start amaryllis bulbs for Christmas bloom and other late fall gardening questions answered.

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