Betty Cahill

Hanging baskets may need to be brought indoors on chilly May nights.

Punch List: Things to do in your garden the third week of May include figuring out what plants should be replaced

May 12, 2017 at 12:00 a.m.

Mother's Day weekend marks the emotional start to the shopping and planting season. But be careful not to set your plants out too early.

It is time to assess the damage that the the winter and late heavy snows have done to trees and shrubs and to see whether pruning can help them survive.

Punch List: What to do in the Colorado garden the first week in May

May 10, 2017 at 11:29 a.m.

Early May is a period of plenty to do in the garden: plant trees and shrubs, assess freeze damage on plants and mow the lawn.

Clematis will flower more profusely after being pruned.

Things to do in your Colorado garden the week of April 29 include pruning clematis vines

April 28, 2017 at 12:26 a.m.

Installing a hoop or tunnel system to protect vegetables or new plantings from seesaw spring weather, or to extend the fall growing season, is easy, long lasting and not expensive.

A photo of Botanical Interests seed packages, for vinca, viola and zinnia

Punch List: The week of April 22 is fine to shop for bloomers for your Colorado garden, but it’s too early to plant them

April 21, 2017 at 12:29 a.m.

Aerate the lawn, divide large clumps of herbs to share, shop for your bedding plants and begin transplanting your cool-season veggie starts into the garden.

A photo of a soil thermometer in the ground

Punch List: The Colorado garden clean up continues in the week of April 15

April 14, 2017 at 12:09 a.m.

Sharpen your mower blades, fill up the gas, plug in the electric mower, or dust off the push mower, it抖阴ap time to cut the grass when it抖阴ap more than 3-inches...

Japanese beetles -- a pest in Denver-area gardens in July and August -- feast on a rose.

Punch List: What to do in your Denver-area garden the second week in April

May 10, 2017 at 11:31 a.m.

Schedule an aeration appointment 鈥� spring aeration reduces lawn soil compaction. The air spaces left from the plugs is beneficial to turf roots allowing better water and nutrient penetration.

Time to prune ornamental grasses and clean up perennial beds.

Punch List: What to do in your Denver-area garden the first week of April

March 31, 2017 at 12:01 a.m.

It's time for general landscape clean-up, prepping your lawn mowers and starting seeds for some herbs and vegetables.

Amy Sierra picks weeds at Stonehocker Farmhouse garden in Northglenn. Colorado soil isn't the easiest for gardeners, but knowing what you're working with can help you improve it now, before you plant.

Punch List: What to do in your Denver-area garden in early March

March 2, 2017 at 5:31 p.m.

News Flash鈥攆or new residents and first time gardeners, our soils differ from the moist, rich 鈥渁nything grows鈥� soils back east or the northwest.

Orchids are available everywhere and are easy to care for.

Punch List: What to do outdoors in your garden in February, plus tips on seeds

February 5, 2017 at 12:59 p.m.

We鈥檙e only seven Mondays away from the spring solstice on March 20th. This means the garden countdown has begun with seed starting and other enjoyable garden activities for the month...

Doing a landscaping face-lift of a small area of your yard is a good DIY project that you can start planning for in the winter.

How to care for your houseplants in the winter and properly recycle that Christmas tree

January 6, 2017 at 11:03 a.m.

January is the official beginning of the new gardening season.

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